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exogenous

/ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/US/ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/

exogenous adjective: produced or originating outside of the referent organism.

Adjective

exogenous (not comparable)

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

exogenous meaning in Tamil

exogenous in Tamil

புறத்திற்பிறந்த, வெளியீடான, அதிஉணவு உடல் எடை மிகைப்பு, உடலின் புறவளர்ச்சி, உயிரிகளின் வெளிநச்சு, புறச்செனிம

Examples of exogenous in a sentence

  • The host response is the defense mechanism of the host against exogenous microorganisms.
  • The life cycle of Eimeria consists of three stages sporogony (exogenous stage), gamogony, and merogony (endogenous stages).
  • Money is endogenous and not exogenous money (represented by the usual textbook assumption of 'helicopter money').

All 13 example sentences with exogenous

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Origin of exogenous

From exo- + -genous.

Words formed from exogenous

Words that rhyme with exogenous

Questions about exogenous

What does exogenous mean?
Exogenous means produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
What is exogenous in Tamil?
Exogenous in Tamil is புறத்திற்பிறந்த, வெளியீடான, அதிஉணவு உடல் எடை மிகைப்பு. See Exogenous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is exogenous?
Exogenous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce exogenous?
Exogenous is pronounced /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/ (UK).

Words near exogenous in the dictionary

  1. exogenically
  2. exogenize
  3. exogenized
  4. exogenote
  5. exogenotes
  6. exogenous
  7. exogenousity
  8. exogenously
  9. exogens
  10. exogeny
  11. exogeography

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exogenous (page history and authors); exogenous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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