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endogenic

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en⋅do⋅ge⋅net⋅ic

[en-doh-juh-net-ik]
–adjective Geology.
arising from or relating to the interior of the earth (opposed to exogenetic ).
Also, en⋅do⋅gen⋅ic [en-doh-jen-ik] , endogenous.


Origin:
endo- + -genetic
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endogenic

adjective
1. derived or originating internally [syn: endogenous] [ant: exogenic
2. of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth; "endogenic rocks are not clastic" 
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