Dictionary

exogenous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ekˈsɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ (Australia)
• /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ekˈsɔ̟d͡ʒ.ə.nəs] (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From exo- + -genous.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having an external cause. ▸ Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
2. (not-comparable) Having an external cause. ▸ Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
3. (not-comparable, of a disease) Having an external cause. ▸ Having a cause external to the infected organism.
4. (not-comparable, of a model) Having an external cause. ▸ Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
5. (not-comparable, of a key) Having an external cause. ▸ Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier.
6. (not-comparable, uncommon) Related to the exogen growth phase.

Antonyms

endogenous

Deriveds

nonexogenous · exogenically · exogenously

Relateds

exogenousity · exogeneity · exogeny

Synonyms

exogenetic · xenobiotic

Translations (37)

es exógeno (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · ca exogen (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · fr exogène (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · nl lichaamsvreemd (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · de exogen (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · cs exogenní (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · nl exogeen (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · fr exogène (A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.) · de exogen (A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.) · kk сыртқы (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · pl zewnątrzpochodny (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · uk екзоге́нний (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · cs exogenní (A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.) · uk екзоге́нний (A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.) · kk экзогенді (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · cs exogenní (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · pl egzogenny (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · pt exógeno (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · ru экзоге́нный (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · sv exogen (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · cs zevní (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · cs vnější (A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.) · cs ektogenní (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · de exogen (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · kk экзогендік (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · cs zevní (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · es exógeno (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · it esogeno (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · cs vnější (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · es exógeno (A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.) · nl lichaamsvreemd (Having a cause external to the infected organism) · nl exogeen (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · cs zevní (A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.) · fr exogène (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · ca exogen (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · pt exógeno (Produced or originating outside of an organism.) · pl egzogeniczny (Produced or originating outside of an organism.)