| 单词 | endogenous |
| 释义 | endogenous (once / 66401 pages) adj If your doctor says your sickness is endogenous, he means that whatever's wrong with you went wrong inside your body, and wasn't caused by anything you can catch, like a virus. Endogenous is a fancy term for anything that originates internally. You're most likely to see the word endogenous when you're dealing with biology, but it can mean "coming from within" in other senses too. Use it for anything that originates inside a system. The revolution in your school was endogenous, even though the principal, always in denial, chose to blame it on outside rabble-rousers. WORD FAMILYendogenous: endogenously USAGE EXAMPLESOrganisms use endogenous clocks to anticipate regular environmental cycles, such as days and tides. Nature(Nov 20, 2016) The pill actually stops the production of those endogenous hormones via the brain. The Guardian(Nov 09, 2016) But doses of prescription opioids are orders of magnitude higher than our endogenous levels, Angst says. Science Magazine(Nov 03, 2016) 1adj derived or originating internally Syn|Ant endogenic exogenic, exogenous derived or originating externally 2adj of or resembling an endogen |
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