exogenicadj.
/ɛksəʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ Exogenetic.
1. Medicine. Of a disease.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > from external cause
procatarctic1603
exogenetic1874
exogenous1883
heterochthonous1891
exogenic1900
xenogenous1901
1900 G. M. Gould Pocket Med. Dict. (ed. 4) 246 Exogenic, exogenous. See Exogenetic.
1961 Lancet 23 Sept. 706/1 During the epidemic stage the study of an exogenic factor would be complicated by various confusing factors—social and immunological as well as virological.
2. Geology. = exogenetic adj. 2b. Chiefly U.S.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [adjective] > surface or top-set
exogenous1845
exogenetic1914
exogenic1942
non-penetrative1976
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > [adjective] > manner
undigenous1799
exogenous1845
monogenetic1873
polygenetic1873
exogenetic1914
exogenic1942
palaeogeomorphic1945
1942 O. D. von Engeln Geomorphol. iv. 56 Some of the relief features..result from external, that is, exogenic, forces and processes.
1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. ii. 19 In general, the endogenic processes tend to build up or restore areas which have been worn down by the exogenic processes.
1961 L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms 184/1 Exogenetic is the usual English form, Exogenic..the American.
1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 309/1 In geomorphology, one may distinguish structural land forms (endogenic) from denudational land forms (exogenic).
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adj.1900