exogenous

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For the record, my greatest concern with desiccated thyroid (or levothyroxine or T3) is when they prescribed in a manner that results in long-term exogenous hyperthyroidism.

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  1. adjective Biology Derived or developed from outside the body; originating externally.
  2. adjective Botany Characterized by the addition of layers of woody tissue.
  3. adjective Medicine Having a cause external to the body. Used of diseases.

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  • This different perspective is that of social economy of the market where ethics is not something exogenous, but something internalized into all economic activity. —  Spero News
  • Since, the only exogenous energy you cite is gravity, the only logical conclusion is … wait for it … here it is … —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • - Cell invasion and migration assays xCELLigence RTCA Instruments monitor cellular responses continuously without exogenous labels by measuring electrical impedance. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • The unforeseen exogenous factor, the credit crisis, may provide a correction to supply in the tanker market. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • Quackenbush SL, Sutton C, Casey RN, Bowser PR, et al. (2006) Identification and characterization of an exogenous retrovirus from atlantic salmon swim bladder sarcomas. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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  1. French exogène : Greek exō-, exo- + French -gène, -gen.

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  1. from New Latin exogenus: see exogen.
 

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/ɛkˈsɑdʒɛnəs/
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