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exogenous.

Having an external cause.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/Received-Pronunciation/ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/ekˈsɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/Australia[ekˈsɔ̟d͡ʒ.ə.nəs]New-Zealand
  1. Having an external cause. Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.

    not-comparable
  2. Having an external cause. Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.

    not-comparable
  3. Having an external cause. Having a cause external to the infected organism.

    not-comparable
  4. Having an external cause. Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.

    not-comparable
  5. Having an external cause. Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier.

    not-comparable
  6. Related to the exogen growth phase.

    not-comparable · uncommon
Where this word comes from

From exo- + -genous.

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