[syn: endogenic, endogenetic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
endogenetic \en`do*ge*net"ic\, endogenic \en`do*gen"ic\adj.
1. (Biol.) Relating to or arising from an internal process;
same as endogenous.
Syn: Syn. --.
[WordNet 1.5
2. (Geol.) Relating to the interior of the earth; of or
pertaining to a metamorphic process occurring within a
planet. Opposed to exogenetic.
Syn: endogenic.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
endogenic
adj 1: derived or originating internally [syn: endogenous,
endogenic] [ant: exogenic, exogenous]
2: of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the
earth; "endogenic rocks are not clastic" [syn: endogenic,
endogenetic]