EXOGENOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exogenous mean? 

• EXOGENOUS (adjective)
  The adjective EXOGENOUS has 1 sense:

1. derived or originating externally

  Familiarity information: EXOGENOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXOGENOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Derived or originating externally

Synonyms:

exogenic; exogenous

Antonym:

endogenous (derived or originating internally)

 Context examples 

Multinucleated cells (fused macrophages), characteristic of granulomatous inflammation, which form around exogenous material in the skin.

(Foreign Body Giant Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Studies to identify or characterize the mechanism of action of non-infectious exogenous agents, conditions, or procedures that initiate, promote, or otherwise contribute to the development of cancer.

(Environmental Carcinogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

The opposite is external (exogenous) production.

(Endogenous, NCI Dictionary)

The time required for half of an exogenous substance be removed from either the plasma or whole or part of the body.

(Elimination Half Life, NCI Thesaurus)

A technique that involves integration of an exogenous DNA sequence encoding a specific gene into the genome of an organism by homologous recombination.

(Gene Targeting, NCI Thesaurus)

An inactivating and detoxification pathway for a variety of exogenous and endogenous molecules, including drugs, pollutants, bilirubin, androgens, estrogens, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, fatty acid derivatives, retinoids and bile acids.

(Glucuronidation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus)

The exogenous therapeutic form is isolated from the seeds of the African plant Griffonia simplicifolia.

(Oxitriptan, NCI Thesaurus)

The average time that an exogenous compound resides in the body.

(Mean Residence Time, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes glutathione S-transferase theta-1 protein, is involved in the conjugation of reduced glutathione with both endogenous and exogenous hydrophobic electrophilic compounds.

(GSTT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The apparent volume occupied by an exogenous compound after it is administered to an organism.

(Distribution Volume, NCI Thesaurus)