Standard Lemma guide

exogenous

adj · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/
  • Australian: /ekˈsɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
  • New-Zealand: [ekˈsɔ̟d͡ʒ.ə.nəs]
  • rhymes with -ɒd͡ʒɪnəs
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 K S OW1 JH AH0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having an external cause.

Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: xenobiotic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having an external cause.

Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having an external cause.

Having a cause external to the infected organism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Having an external cause.

Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: economics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Having an external cause.

Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Related to the exogen growth phase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, uncommon

Topics: biology, dermatology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

derived or originating externally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exogenic

Antonyms: endogenous

History

Etymology

From exo- + -genous.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: exogen — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Czech: exogenní — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Czech: ektogenní — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Czech: zevní — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Dutch: exogeen — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Dutch: lichaamsvreemd — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • French: exogène — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • German: exogen — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Italian: esogeno — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Kazakh: экзогенді (ékzogendı) — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Kazakh: экзогендік (ékzogendık) — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Kazakh: сыртқы (syrtqy) — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Polish: egzogeniczny — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Polish: egzogenny — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Polish: zewnątrzpochodny — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Portuguese: exógeno — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Russian: экзоге́нный (ekzogénnyj) — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Spanish: exógeno — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Swedish: exogen — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Ukrainian: екзоге́нний (ekzohénnyj) — Produced or originating outside of an organism.
  • Catalan: exogen — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • Czech: exogenní — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • Czech: zevní — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • Czech: vnější — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • Dutch: exogeen — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • Dutch: lichaamsvreemd — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • French: exogène — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • German: exogen — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • Portuguese: exógeno — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • Spanish: exógeno — Having a cause external to the infected organism
  • Czech: exogenní — A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.
  • Czech: zevní — A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.
  • Czech: vnější — A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.
  • French: exogène — A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.
  • German: exogen — A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.
  • Spanish: exógeno — A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.
  • Ukrainian: екзоге́нний (ekzohénnyj) — A change that comes from outside a model and is not explained by the model.