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endogenous
(redirected from endogeny)

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endogenous /en·dog·e·nous/ (en-doj´ĕ-nus) produced within or caused by factors within the organism.
en·dog·e·nous (n-dj-ns)
adj.
1. Originating or produced within an organism, tissue, or cell.
2. Caused by factors within the body. Used of a disease.

en·doge·nous·ly adv.
en·doge·ny n.

endogenous
[endoj′ənəs]
Etymology: Gk, endon + genein, to produce
1 growing within the body.
2 originating from within the body or produced from internal causes, such as a disease caused by the structural or functional failure of an organ or system. Compare exogenous. endogenic, adj.

endogenous [en-doj´ĕ-nus]
produced within or caused by factors within the organism.

endogenous (en·dˑ·j·ns),
adj produced internally; made by the body.

endogenous (endoj´ns),
adj originating within.

endogenous
produced within or caused by factors within the organism.

endogenous analgesic system
includes the secretion by the brain of endorphins in response to the central perception of pain.
endogenous calcium
calcium contributed to the feces by the intestinal secretions.
endogenous feline oncornavirus
endogenous magnesium
magnesium contributed to the feces by the intestinal secretions.
endogenous pain
caused by factors within the body, e.g. stretching of mesentery.
endogenous sarcoma virus
see feline sarcoma virus.


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Hunt entitled, "Triple Geospheres: Oxidic Carapace: Hydridic Interior Ultimeral Core," where he proposes a new theory of the Earth in which three major geospheres are separated by a contact zone in which endogeny originates.
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