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单词 exogenism
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ex•og•e•nous  (ek sojə nəs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. originating from outside;
    derived externally.
  2. [Bot.]
    • Botany(of plants, as the dicotyledons) having stems that grow by the addition of an annual layer of wood to the outside beneath the bark.
    • Botanypertaining to plants having such stems.
    • Botanybelonging to the exogens.
  3. Pathology(of a disease) externally caused rather than resulting from conditions within the organism.
  4. Biochemistryof or noting the metabolic assimilation of proteins or other metabolites, the elimination of nitrogenous catabolites being in direct proportion to the amount of metabolites taken in.
  5. Geologyexogenetic (def. 1).
Also, exogenetic (for defs. 2–4).
  • exo- + -gen + -ous 1820–30
ex•oge•nism, n. 
ex•oge•nous•ly, adv. 

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