extrinsic
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Extrinsic value the quality of being valued for the sake of something else.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Extrinsic tongue muscles insert into the tongue from outside origins, and the intrinsic tongue muscles insert into the tongue from origins within it.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Extrinsic innervations of the alimentary canal are provided by the autonomic nervous system, which includes both sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Extrinsic nerve plexuses orchestrate long reflexes, which involve the central and autonomic nervous systems and work in response to stimuli from outside the digestive system.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Extrinsic goodness, the relation of means to end, we have expressed in our diagram by the pointed arrow.
From The Nature of Goodness by Palmer, George Herbert
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