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exogenous

In medicine,generated from outside the body; the opposite is endogenous. Drugs used to treat diseases may be described as exogenous. For example, exogenous insulin is used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.



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A political economy approach also challenges the neo-classical treatment of technological change as an exogenous factor.
Ninety per cent of the pressures are due to exogenous factors," Stavrakis explained.
So asthma is caused by exogenous factors, an improper diet, and emotional injury or overstrains which strain the interior phlegm, causing it to rise and obstruct the bronchi.
 
 
 
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