exogenous
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exogenous
- /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ UK
- /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/ Atlantic Canada, US
- /ekˈsɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ Australia
- [ekˈsɔ̟d͡ʒ.ə.nəs] New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒd͡ʒɪnəs
Where it comes from
From exo- + -genous.
adjective
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Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
Similar: xenobiotic
- Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
- Having a cause external to the infected organism.
- Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
- Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier.
- Related to the exogen growth phase.
Similar: exogenetic · Opposite: endogenous
Thesaurus
adjective
Similar: exogenetic · Opposite: endogenous
Translations
Talk about this word "exogenous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/exogenous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. exogenous. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/exogenous "exogenous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/exogenous.Cite this
@misc{exogenous_2026,
title = {exogenous},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exogenous},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
