exogenous
adjUK /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ · US /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/
Etymology From exo- + -genous.
› Having an external cause.
Biology, Natural sciences Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
Biology, Natural sciences Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
Medicine, Sciences Of a disease Having a cause external to the infected organism.
Economics, Sciences Of a model Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
Computing, Databases, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Of a key Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier.
Biology, Dermatology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences Uncommon Related to the exogen growth phase.
- Synonyms
- exogenetic
- Antonyms
- endogenous
- Derived terms
- exogenically
- Related terms
- exogeny, exogeneity, exogenousity