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endogenetic

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[en-doh-juh-net-ik] / ˌɛn doʊ dʒəˈnɛt ɪk /
Also endogenic

adjective

Geology.
  1. arising from or relating to the interior of the earth (opposed to exogenetic).


Etymology

Origin of endogenetic

endo- + -genetic


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In contradistinction to the genuine endogenetic epilepsy, these patients manifest epileptic seizures as reactions to situations purely psychic in nature.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck

They differed, however, from this, in being accompanied by clear consciousness, and in not being endogenetic in their occurrence, but distinctive reactive manifestations to definite situations.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck

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