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endogenous

adjective as in interior

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HERVs, or human endogenous retroviruses, make up around eight percent of the human genome, left behind as a result of infections that humanity’s primate ancestors suffered millions of years ago.

The viruses, called porcine endogenous retroviruses, don’t bother pigs but might cause problems after suddenly finding themselves in another species.

These threats can be endogenous–internally generated, like if you have stressful thoughts–or they can be exogenous, such as the noise of an ambulance or pinging notifications on your phone overnight.

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For many Brits, Brown never recovered from using the phrase “post neo-classical endogenous growth theory.”

(B) Endogenous: The cell protoplasm becomes differentiated and condensed into a spherical or oval mass (very rarely cylindrical).

Endogenous Structures, in botany, are those which arise in the interior of the parent organ.

Certain it is that if Federation is to be brought about, the movement must be endogenous.

In animals, he says, the endogenous method is rare, and the customary origin is in an external blastema.

Corroborative observations on endogenous formation were also given by his brother, Harry Goodsir, in 1845.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to endogenous, such as: autogenous, domestic, gut, home, in-house, and inland.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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