Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
exogamy . - noun In sporozoans, sporulation taking place after the cyst has left the host, as in
Gregarinida and Coccidiidea generally. Seeendogeny .
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- noun Influence by external forces.
- noun Growth on the outside or near the surface.
- noun botany A division of woody plants whose stem is formed by successive accretions to the outside of the wood under the bark
- noun anatomy A phase in the life cycle of a hair
follicle in which a hair exits the follicle. - noun anthropology
Exogamy .
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Turanian, and a highly gifted sketch of the main phases of human evolution; to MacLennan -- the law of exogeny; and to Fison and
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
vmarinelli commented on the word exogeny
Of or pertaining to that which is foreign to an environment. Antonyms: autochthonous, indigeny.
May 14, 2007