Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having an origin from external causes: as, an exogenetic disease.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Arising or growing from without; exogenous.
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- adjective biology Arising or growing from without;
exogenous .
Etymologies
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exo- + genetic
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Examples
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They put both in an exogenetic apparatus and nurtured them to term.
The Game Of Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1985
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They didn't care for the notion of genetic modification or exogenetic growth either.
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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They will take along germ plasm for exogenetic cultivation of domestic plants and animals-and of human infants, in order that population can grow fast enough to escape death through genetic drift.
The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973
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