endogenous
pronunciation
How to pronounce endogenous in British English:
UK [enˈdɒdʒənəs]
How to pronounce endogenous in American English:
US [enˈdɑdʒənəs]
-
- Adjective:
- of or resembling an endogen
- derived or originating internally
Word Origin
- endogenous (adj.)
- "growing or proceeding from within," especially with reference to a class of plants including cereals, palms, plantains, etc., 1822, from endo- "within" + -genous "producing."
Example
- 1. This " endogenous " process expands the economy 's balance sheet and boosts asset prices .
- 2. The human genome , for example , is thought to owe some 8 percent of its code to endogenous retroviruses .
- 3. However , circumstantial evidence suggests that rodents ( in the form of mice ) and primates ( in the form of both monkeys and humans ) have also acquired endogenous retroviruses that help placenta formation , and have done so independently of what happened in sheep .
- 4. By contrast with europe up to the 19th century , births exceed deaths in most , if not all , urban agglomerations today . Consequently , many urban centers now show endogenous growth , in addition to growth by immigration from the countryside .