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adj
Originating within the system (as an organism) that it acts upon.
Originating within the earth; endogenous or endogenetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: exogenic
adj
Originating within the system (as an organism) that it acts upon.
Of a system (“set of alters of a person”), having become multiple for any reason other than psychological trauma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: multiplicity slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: endo
Antonyms: traumagenic
adjective
derived or originating internally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: endogenous
Antonyms: exogenic
adjective satellite
of rocks formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: endogenetic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English endogenic From endo- + -genic.
