endogenous

/enˈdɒdʒənəs/ (bre, ipa) · /enˈdɑːdʒənəs/ (ame, ipa) · /en-ˈdä-jə-nəs/ (ame, mw)

endogenous — adjective

  • endogenouspositive
  • more endogenouscomparative
  • most endogenoussuperlative

1. starting inside a body, mind, or system instead of being caused or brought in fr

1.形容詞C1
釋義

starting inside a body, mind, or system instead of being caused or brought in from outside.

例句

The doctor told Theo the pain was endogenous, not caused by a fresh cut.

predicative use: pain was endogenous

Researchers tested endogenous hormone levels before giving Marta any extra medicine.

collocation: endogenous hormone levels

同義詞
  • internal

    broader and simpler; can mean simply located inside, not necessarily produced there

  • intrinsic

    emphasizes being natural to something, but not always that the cause was produced inside it

  • self-generated

    plain explanatory phrase for something produced by the person or system itself

反義詞
  • exogenous

    coming from outside the body, mind, or system

文法句型

endogenous + noun (factor, cause, hormone)

be endogenous to + system

用法筆記

Common in medical, scientific, and social-science writing, usually before nouns such as factor, cause, hormone, or change. It is often contrasted with exogenous, which describes something introduced from outside.

常見錯誤

❌The infection was endogenous because she caught it from a classmate.
✅The infection was exogenous because she caught it from a classmate.
💡'endogenous' means the source is inside the body or system, not outside contact.