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Definition: Endogenous |
EndogenousAdjective1. Derived or originating internally. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "endogenous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Produced inside an organism or cell. The opposite is external (exogenous) production. (references) |
Medicine | Grown or made inside the body. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | See:endogenetic. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Synonym by domain: endogenic (medicine). |
| Antonym: exogenous (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vegetable | Adjective: vegetable, vegetal, vegetive, vegitous; herbaceous, herbal; botanic; sylvan, silvan; arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arborical; woody, grassy; verdant, verdurous; floral, mossy; lignous, ligneous; wooden, leguminous; vosky, cespitose, turf-like, turfy; endogenous, exogenous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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 | A suppurative disease caused by Gram-positive endogenous oral bacteria of the family Actinomycetaceae. Note the fibrotic, thick-walled abscess formation, and presence of granulation tissue indicative of a chronic inflammatory process.Credit: CDC. |  | Lengthwise view of the rat brain showing the brain regions in which certain stress hormones (i.e., endogenous opioids) are released.Credit: NIAA. |
 | History and Present State of Endogenous Opioids and Their Receptors : A lecture in honor of Dr. Edward Evarts / Sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A focus of attention has been the role of endogenous opioids in acupuncture analgesia. (references) | |
Most infections are endogenous in origin, but organisms can be transmitted on the hands of care givers. (references) | ||
Calcium intake, intestinal absorption, urinary excretion, and endogenous fecal loss influence calcium balance. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Endogenous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.45% of the time. "Endogenous" is used about 183 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.45% | 182 | 22,870 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 183 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "endogenous": endogenous amentia ♦ endogenous depression ♦ endogenous enclosure ♦ endogenous inclusion ♦ Endogenous multiplication ♦ Endogenous Retroviruses ♦ endogenous variate ♦ porcine endogenous retrovirus B ♦ porcine endogenous retrovirus B1 ♦ porcine endogenous retrovirus C. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
endogenous depression | 17 |
endogenous | 11 |
endogenous list | 6 |
endogenous respiration | 3 |
endogenous malignancies | 3 |
endogenous growth model | 3 |
endogenous retrovirus | 2 |
endogenous opioids | 2 |
definition endogenous | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "endogenous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | باطني النمو. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 内在 (Endogenously, immanent, inner, intrinsic, intrinsical, Intrinsics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | endogen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | endogeen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | endogeeninen, sisäsyntyinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | endogène (endo-antigen, endogenic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | endogen (endogenic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενδογενής (intrinsic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | endogeno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 내인성 (Intrinsics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | endogenousay endogamia, endógeno. (various references) эндогенный. (various references) endógeno. (various references) endogen. (various references) ไม่มีสาเหตุ ายนอก, ซึ่งเกิ"ขึ้น ายในสิ่งมีชีวิต. (various references) ендогамний (endogamic). (various references) nội sinh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "endogenous": endogenously. (additional references) | |
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"Endogenous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: endegenous, endogeneity, endogeneous, endogneous, endrogenous, engogenous, indogenous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "endogenous" (pronounced 'En*dog"e*nous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Absonous, Acrogenous, Acuminous, Adenous, Adipogenous, AEruginous, Agynous, Alburnous, Altisonous, Aluminous, Ambaginous, Ambigenous, Amnigenous, Amphigenous, Amphigonous, Anachronous, Anisostemonous, Annotinous, Anodynous, Antherogenous, Asparaginous, asynchronous, Athermanous, Bimanous, Binominous, Binotonous, Binous, Bituminous, Blennogenous, Bombycinous, Calcigenous, Caliginous, Caprigenous, Cartilaginous, Cerasinous, Ceruminous, Chitinous, Chondrigenous, Chromatogenous, Collagenous, Concinnous, Consonous, Conterminous, Coralligenous, Coterminous, Covenous, Criminous, Cymophanous, Cytogenous, Diaphanous, Diathermanous, Diclinous, Digenous, Digonous, Diplostemonous, Dipyrenous, Discriminous, Electrotonous, Endecagynous, Enginous, Enneagynous, Entogenous, Epigynous, Epileptogenous, Eruginous, Euphonous, Exalbuminous, Exogenous, Exsanguinous, Extogenous, Farraginous, Fascinous, Favaginous, Felonous, Ferruginous, Fibrinogenous, fibrinous, Fluctisonous, Fluminous, Foraminous, Fortitudinous, Fuliginous, gangrenous, Gelatigenous, gelatinous, Geminous, -genous, Glutinous, Grandinous, Haematogenous, Halogenous, Haplostemonous, heinous, heterogenous, Heterogonous, Heterogynous, homogenous, Homogonous, Homotonous, Horrisonous, Hydrogenous, Hydrophanous, Hygrophanous, Hypogynous, Idiocyclophanous, Idiophanous, Ignigenous, Illuminous, Impennous, Impetiginous, Incanous, Inconcinnous, indigenous, Intermembranous, intravenous, isochronous, Isopogonous, Isostemonous, Kaligenous, Keratogenous, larcenous, Latitudinous, leguminous, lentiginous, libidinous, lithogenous, lomatinous, Longimanous, Lumbaginous, luminous, Manganous, Marigenous, Megalophonous, Melligenous, Melostemonous, membranous, microphonous, misogynous, Moliminous, Molybdenous, monoclinous, Monogenous, monogynous, Monophanous, Monopyrenous, monotonous, Montigenous, Mucigenous, Mucilaginous, Multisonous, Multitudinous, Mutinous, Nasicornous, Nitrogenous, Nonbituminous, Nonnitrognous, Nonoxygenous, Nubigenous, Obdiplostemonous, Octagynous, Oleaginous, Ominous, Omnigenous, Operculigenous, Oxygenous, ozonous, Paludinous, Pedimanous, Pentagonous, Peptogenous, Perigynous, Phagedenous, Phlogogenous, Pinguidinous, Platinous, Platitudinous, Plumbaginous, Polygenous, Polygonous, Polyphonous, Prasinous, Proteinous, Proterogynous, Protogynous, Pruinous, Pruriginous, Purpurogenous, Putredinous, Pyrogenous, Pyrolignous, Pyrophanous, Quadricornous, Quadrumanous, Rapinous, Reciprocornous, Rubedinous, Rurigenous, salsuginous, Sanguigenous, Saphenous, Scaturiginous, Sclerogenous, Scrutinous, Self-luminous, Semidiaphanous, Sensigenous, Serotinous, Serpentigenous, Serpentinous, Serpiginous, Skeletogenous, Spermatogenous, Sphagnous, Spiculigenous, spinous, Stannous, Sterquilinous, Subcartilaginous, Subgelatinous, Subspinous, Succinous, Suffraginous, Superspinous, synchronous, Tauricornous, Tautochronous, tendinous, Tentiginous, Tergeminous, Terrigenous, Thermogenous, Torminous, Torpedinous, Trichinous, Trigeminous, Trigonous, tyrannous, Undigenous, Unguinous, Unicornous, Unigenous, Uniphonous, Unisonous, Uranous, Vaginopennous, Valetudinous, Velutinous, Vertiginous, Vicissitudinous, Vinous, Vitelligenous, Voluminous, Voraginous, Vortiginous, Xanthomelanous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-n-n-o-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: dungeons, endogens. | |
-3 letters: dengues, donnees, dungeon, endogen, guenons, nonegos, noodges. | |
-4 letters: dengue, donees, donnee, endues, ensued, geodes, godson, goosed, guenon, gunned, neoned, nodose, nodous, nonego, nonuse, noodge, noosed, nudges, odeons, segued, sundog, sunned, undoes, undone, unseen. | |
-5 letters: denes, dense, doges, donee, dongs, donne, douse, dunes, dungs, edges, endue, ensue, genes, genus, geode, goods, goons, goose, gudes, needs, negus, nenes, neons, nodes, nodus, nones, noons, noose, nosed, nouns, nudes, nudge, odeon, ogees, sedge, segno, segue, snood, sonde, sound, suede, undee. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-g-n-n-o-o-s-u" | |
+2 letters: endogenously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 64 6F 67 65 6E 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. -.. --- --. . -. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01100100 01101111 01100111 01100101 01101110 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n d o g e n o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0064 006F 0067 0065 006E 006F 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39807081737180818785 |
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