exogenetic

exogenetic
/ek'soh jeuh net"ik/, adj.
1. Also, exogenic /ek'seuh jen"ik/, exogenous. Geol. arising from or relating to the surface of the earth (opposed to endogenetic).
2. exogenous (defs. 2-4).
[1870-75; EXO- + -GENETIC]

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