Definition of Endogenous

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endogenous
adj. originating from within

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Endogenous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Endogenous
(a.)
Originating from within; increasing by internal growth.
  
(a.)
Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.
  

WordNet 2.0
endogenous

Adjective
1. of or resembling an endogen
(pertainym) monocot, monocotyledon, liliopsid, endogen
2. derived or originating internally
(synonym) endogenic
(antonym) exogenous, exogenic

GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS
Endogenous
1. Produced or growing from within.2. Originating or produced within an organism, a tissue, or a cell.[Endo- inside + -genous producing.]
***This (Air Force Institute of Technology) thesis simultaneously attacks the questions of endogenous effort, retirement, and promotions." Endogenous Effort, Promotion, Retirement, and Heterogeneous Ability in a Labor Hierarchy, Innovator's Digest, Jul 1999.

hEnglish - advanced version
endogenous

endogenous
\en*dog"e*nous\ (?), a.
1. (bot.) increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.
2. (biol.) originating from within; increasing by internal growth.
endogenous
multiplication (biol.), a method of cell formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. the nucleus and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is ruptured and the new cells are liberated (see segmentation, and illust. of cell division, under division). this mode of growth is characteristic of many forms of cells, both animal and vegetable.


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Endogenous Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
endogenous
Produced inside an organism or cell. The opposite is external (exogenous) production.

Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram)
Endogenous
Inside. For example, endogenous cholesterol is cholesterol that is made inside the body and is not in the diet.

Aids Glossary
endogenous
originating within or produced by the body.

Hepatitis Central (TM) Liver Disease Medical Glossary
Endogenous
Without obvious external cause

EUFIC Nutrition Glossary
Endogenous
Originating from within the body.

Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms
ENDOGENOUS
Relating to or produced by the body.

Diabetes Glossary
Endogenous
Grown or made inside the body. Insulin made by a person's own pancreas is endogenous insulin. Insulin that is made from beef or pork pancreas or derived from bacteria is exogenous because it comes from outside the body and must be injected.

The Glossary of the American Council on Science and Health
endogenous
Originating inside (e.g., naturally produced by one’s body).

Muscle Pain
Endogenous
originating or produced within the organism.


Endogenous Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

Environmental Engineering (English ver.)
ENDOGENOUS
(Geology) Derived from within; geologic processes originating from internal causes within the earth or magma.


Endogenous Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary
Endogenous
1. Produced or growing from within. 2. Originating or produced within an organism, a tissue, or a cell (opp. exogenous).


Endogenous Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Endogenous
The word endogenous means "arising from within", the opposite of exogenous.

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