When biologists need to make a distinction between things that are produced within a cell or organ and things that affect it from the outside, they use the terms endogenous and exogenous.

ENDOGENOUS definition: 1. found or coming from within something, for example a system or a person's body or mind: 2…. Learn more.

ENDOGENOUS definition: proceeding from within; derived internally. See examples of endogenous used in a sentence.

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.

Definition of endogenous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. (formal) having a cause that is inside itself. endogenous to something Money is endogenous to the economy. …

2 meanings: 1. biology developing or originating within an organism or part of an organism 2. having no apparent external cause.... Click for more definitions.

1. Originating internally. 2. Originating or produced within an organism, tissue, or cell: endogenous hormones.

Endogenous definition: Originating or produced within an organism, tissue, or cell.

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