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endogeny

American  
[en-doj-uh-nee] / ɛnˈdɒdʒ ə ni /
Also endogenesis

noun

Biology.

  1. development or growth from within.

Etymology

Origin of endogeny

First recorded in 1880–85; endo- + -geny

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