exogenous

English

Etymology

exo- +‎ -genous

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ə.nəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ekˈsɔd͡ʒ.ə.nəs/

Adjective

exogenous (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• exogenetic

Antonyms

• endogenous

Related terms

• exogeny
• exogeneity
• exogenousity

Translations

Produced or originating outside of an organism.

• Catalan: exogen (ca) m
• Czech: exogenní (cs), ektogenní (cs), zevní
• German: exogen (de)
• Kazakh: экзогенді (ékzogendı), экзогендік (ékzogendık), сыртқы (syrtqy)
• Portuguese: exógeno (pt) m
• Russian: экзоге́нный (ru) (ekzogénnyj)
• Spanish: exógeno
• Swedish: exogen (sv)

Having a cause external to the infected organism

• Catalan: exogen (ca) m
• Czech: exogenní (cs), zevní, vnější (cs)
• German: exogen (de)
• Portuguese: exógeno (pt) m
• Spanish: exógeno

An exogenous change is one that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.

• Czech: exogenní (cs), zevní, vnější (cs)
• German: exogen (de)