1. (formal) having a cause that is outside itself
   • ● Technology is usually seen as an exogenous factor, determined by developments outside the country concerned.
   • exogenous to something
     ● These children also have severe problems which are exogenous to the educational system.
   Compare : endogenous (1)

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2. (medical) (of a disease or symptom) having a cause that is outside the body Compare : endogenous
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin exogena (denoting an exogenous plant, suggested by classical Latin indigena ‘native’) + -ous.

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