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endogenous

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en⋅dog⋅e⋅nous

  [en-doj-uh-nuhs]
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–adjective
1. proceeding from within; derived internally.
2. Biology. growing or developing from within; originating within.
3. Pathology. (of a disease) resulting from conditions within the organism rather than externally caused.
4. Biochemistry. pertaining to the metabolism of nitrogenous elements of cells and tissues.
5. Geology. endogenetic.
Origin:
1825–35; endo- + -genous

Related forms:
en⋅do⋅ge⋅nic⋅i⋅ty  [en-doh-juh-nis-i-tee] , noun
en⋅dog⋅e⋅nous⋅ly, adverb

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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en·dog·e·nous   (ěn-dŏj'ə-nəs)   
adj.  

  1. Produced or growing from within.

  2. Originating or produced within an organism, tissue, or cell: endogenous secretions.

en·dog'e·nous·ly adv., en·dog'e·ny n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: en·dog·e·nous
Pronunciation: en-'däj-&-n&s
Variant: also en·do·gen·ic /"en-d&-'jen-ik/
Function: adjective
1 : growing from or on the inside <endogenous spores>
2 : caused by factors withinthe body or mind or arising from internal structural or functional causes <endogenous malnutrition> endogenous self-sustaining oscillator> <endogenous psychic depression>
3 : relating to or produced by metabolic synthesis in the body <endogenousopioids> <endogenous amino acids> —compare EXOGENOUS —en·dog·e·nous·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

endogenous en·dog·e·nous (ěn-dŏj'ə-nəs)
adj.

  1. Originating or produced within an organism, a tissue, or a cell.

  2. Caused by factors within the body. Used of a disease.

en·dog'e·nous·ly adv.
en·dog'e·ny n.

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