Medical Dictionary
exogenous
adj ex·og·e·nous \ek-ˈsäj-ə-nəs\
Medical Definition of EXOGENOUS
1
: growing from or on the outside <exogenous spores>
2
: caused by factors (as food or a traumatic factor) or an agent (as a disease-producing organism) from outside the organism or system <exogenous obesity> <exogenous psychic depression>
3
: introduced from or produced outside the organism or system; specifically : not synthesized within the organism or system—compare endogenous
—ex·og·e·nous·ly adverb
Variants of EXOGENOUS
ex·og·e·nous also ex·o·gen·ic \ˌek-sō-ˈjen-ik\
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