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having a cause that is outside itself 外源性的 Technology is usually seen as an exogenous factor, determined by developments outside the country concerned. 技术通常被视为一种外生因素，由有关国家以外的发展决定。 - exogenous to something
These children also have severe problems which are exogenous to the educational system. 这些孩子也有教育系统以外的严重问题。
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medical 医学 (of a disease or symptom 疾病或症状 having a cause that is outside the body 外源性的
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin exogena (denoting an exogenous plant, suggested by classical Latin indigena ‘native’) + -ous.