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exosomatic
exosomatic adj. 
/ˌɛksoʊsəˈmædɪk/ Biology designating or pertaining to a device that an animal uses which is not one of its own organs.
Brit. /ˌɛksə(ʊ)sə(ʊ)ˈmatɪk/
, /ˌɛksə(ʊ)sə(ʊ)ˈmatɪk/U.S. /ˌɛksəsəˈmædɪk/
, /ˌɛksəsəˈmædɪk//ˌɛksoʊsəˈmædɪk/ΚΠ
1945 A. J. Lotka in Human Biol. Sept. 188 In place of slow adaptation of anatomical structure and physiological function in successive generations by selective survival, increased adaptation has been achieved by the incomparably more rapid development of ‘artificial’ aids to our native receptor-effector apparatus, in a process that might be termed exosomatic evolution.
1951 New Biol. 11 21 Exosomatic adaptations.
1951 New Biol. 11 21 Most exosomatic organs are instruments or tools..like spectacles, radio sets,..hammers, scalpels, motor cars and guns.
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