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Originating from within
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endogenous
Word definitions for endogenous in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Endogenous \En*dog"e*nous\, a. (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. (Biol.) Originating from within; increasing ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or resembling an endogen derived or originating internally [syn: endogenic ] [ant: exogenous , exogenous ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"growing or proceeding from within," especially with reference to a class of plants including cereals, palms, plantains, etc., 1822, from endo- "within" + -genous "producing."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 produced, originating or growing from within 2 of a natural process or caused by factors within the body
Usage examples of endogenous.
One of the psychotherapists, not Sue Raudsley this time, but probably encouraged by her, had argued for the reintroduction of electroconvulsive therapy in place of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor drugs for endogenous depression.
They have confirmed the existence of the first viable human endogenous retrovirus.
Some human endogenous retroviruses are closely related to HIV, which goes after our immune systems with a vengeance.
Now, we know that exogenous and endogenous viruses—herpes, poxviruses, HIV, SHEVA—can recombine in us.
Highly conserved endogenous retroviruses expressed by the trophectoderm of the developing embryo—the portion that would develop into the surrounding amnion and placenta—protected against attacks by the mother's immune system.