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endogenous

UK/ɛnˈdɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/US/ɛnˈdɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/

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endogenous adjective: produced, originating or growing from within.

Adjective

endogenous (comparative more endogenous, superlative most endogenous)

  1. Produced, originating or growing from within.
  2. Of a natural process: caused by factors within the body.

endogenous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

endogenous in Tamil

அகத்திற்பிறந்த, அகத்தோன்றி, உள்ளார்ந்த, அகப்பிறப்புக்குரிய, அகச்செனிப்பு, அகத்

endogenous in Urdu

اینڈوجینس, اینڈوجینیس, اینڈوجنس

endogenous in Bengali

এন্ডোজেনস

endogenous in Malayalam

എൻഡോജെനസ്, എൻഡോജീനസ്, എൻഡോജെനിയസ്
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endogenous in Kannada
ಅಂತರ್ವರ್ಧಕ
endogenous in Gujarati
એન્ડોજેનસ
endogenous in Nepali
एन्डोजेनस, एन्डोजेनेस
endogenous in Indonesian
endogen

Examples of endogenous in a sentence

  • The roots of some endogenous trees are funiliform.
  • The life cycle of Eimeria consists of three stages sporogony (exogenous stage), gamogony, and merogony (endogenous stages).
  • PRO, an endogenous opioid itself, is also the precursor of the opiate neuropeptides metenkephalin and leuenkephalin.

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Antonyms

Forms of endogenous

comparativemore endogenous
superlativemost endogenous

Origin of endogenous

From endogen + -ous or endo- + -genous. Piecewise doublet of indigenous.

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Phrases with endogenous

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Questions about endogenous

What does endogenous mean?
Endogenous means produced, originating or growing from within.
What is endogenous in Tamil?
Endogenous in Tamil is அகத்திற்பிறந்த, அகத்தோன்றி, உள்ளார்ந்த. See Endogenous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is endogenous?
Endogenous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce endogenous?
Endogenous is pronounced /ɛnˈdɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ (UK).

Words near endogenous in the dictionary

  1. endogenized
  2. endogenizes
  3. endogenizing
  4. endogenote
  5. endogenotes
  6. endogenous
  7. endogenous erythroid colonies
  8. endogenous erythroid colony
  9. endogenous retrovirus
  10. endogenous retroviruses
  11. endogenous viral element

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Adapted from Wiktionary: endogenous (page history and authors); endogenous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endogenous (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); endogenous (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); endogenous (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); endogenous (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); endogenous (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); endogenous (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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