'exogenous' definitions:
Definition of 'exogenous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Definition of 'exogenous'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous. --Owen. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Med.) caused by factors from outside the body, rather than from an abnormality of internal functions; -- of illness. [PJC]
- 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. [1913 Webster]