exogenous

From exo- +‎ -genous.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ekˈsɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
• Rhymes: -ɒd͡ʒɪnəs

exogenous (not comparable)

1. Having an external cause.
   2. (biology) Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.

      Synonym: xenobiotic

   3. (biology) Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
   4. (medicine, of a disease) Having a cause external to the infected organism.
   5. (economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
   6. (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.

• exogenetic

• endogenous

• exogeny
• exogeneity
• exogenousity