exogenous

== English == === Etymology === From exo- +‎ -genous. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ekˈsɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ Rhymes: -ɒd͡ʒɪnəs === Adjective === exogenous (not comparable) Having an external cause. (biology) Produced or originating outside of the referent organism. Synonym: xenobiotic (biology) Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside. (medicine, of a disease) Having a cause external to the infected organism. (economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model. (databases, of a key) Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier. (biology, dermatology, uncommon) Related to the exogen growth phase. ==== Synonyms ==== exogenetic ==== Antonyms ==== endogenous ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== exogeny exogeneity exogenousity ==== Translations ====