exogenous, exogenic
(adjective) derived or originating externally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exogenous (not comparable)
Having an external cause.
(biology) Produced or originating outside of an organism.
(biology) Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
(medicine, of a disease) Having a cause external to the infected organism.
(economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
(database, of a key) A key that has no meaning such as an automatically generated ID number, usually accompanied by a name or title which DOES have meaning.
• exogenetic
• endogenous
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*og"e*nous, a.
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Growing by addition to the exterior.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous. Owen. Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 June 2025
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
