endogenous

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The proposal I want to put on the table is simple: Before prescribing a GLP-1 receptor agonist, measure the patient’s endogenous GLP-1 levels.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Economists after Solow, particularly Robert Lucas and Paul Romer, had models of economic growth with endogenous technological change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The 30 distinct families of endogenous retroviruses, as that ancient viral DNA is called, in humans each represents a distinct process of colonization.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

“They now have the status of villagers, equal to that of the traditional endogenous population settled in the Angkor zone for generations,” the report said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024

An endogenous stem has no clear distinction of pith, bark, and wood, concentrically arranged, no silver grain, no annual layers, no bark that peels off clean from the wood.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa