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Definition of Exogenous

1. Adjective. Derived or originating externally.

Definition of Exogenous

1. a. Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.

Definition of Exogenous

1. Adjective. (biology) produced or originating outside of an organism ¹

2. Adjective. (medicine) of a disease: having an external cause ¹

3. Adjective. (economics) of information: received from outside a group ¹

4. Adjective. (economics) descriptive of a group created by public as opposed to private information ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exogenous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Exogenous

1. Developed or originating outside the organism, as exogenous disease. Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Exogenous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Here, two things are important: (1) the absolute amount of exogenous purin ... The exogenous-uric-acid Content of the Urine in Gout and the Time Taken to ..."

2. An introduction to botany by John Lindley (1835)
"exogenous STEMS. Oak and the Cane, specimens of which can be easily obtained for comparison. A transverse slice of the former exhibits a central ..."

3. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1866)
"Comparison of Endogenous with exogenous Structure. The woody bundles of an exogenous stem (Fig. 186 — 188) continue to grow on the outer side as long as the ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"All administration also E synthesis, release, and reuptake I also stimulates the renal release of us reports using exogenous AH in- nto the kidney have ..."

5. The Principal forms of the skeleton and the teeth: As the Basis for a System by Richard Owen (1855)
"The exogenous parts are the ... exogenous ; of the exogenous parts, ... p, here exogenous, is wedged between the ..."

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