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[syn: exogenous, exogenic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
exogenous \ex*og"e*nous\, a.
   1. (Bot.) derived from or originating outside; pertaining to,
      or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of
      endogenous.
   Syn: exogenetic.
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   2. (Bot.) Growing by addition to the exterior; growing by
      addition of a new external layer of cells on the surface
      just beneath the bark; -- of plants.
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   3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed
      to autogenous. --Owen.
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   4. (Med.) caused by factors from outside the body, rather
      than from an abnormality of internal functions; -- of
      illness.
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   5. (Biol., Biochem.) not synthesized within the organism;
      absorbed or assimilated from outside the organism.
      [PJC]
   Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by
      causes acting from without, as from injury.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exogenous
    adj 1: derived or originating externally [syn: exogenous,
           exogenic] [ant: endogenic, endogenous]