How to Use endogenous in a Sentence

endogenous

adjective
  • Whether the source of the shock is endogenous or exogenous is to a certain extent missing the point — a hit that massive would be catastrophic.
    Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 21 Dec. 2020
  • In the 1980s some economists worked to build endogenous-growth models that said where innovation came from.
    The Economist, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The growth in population in New England from the low tends of thousands to close to 1 million in the late 18th century was one of endogenous natural increase from the founding stock.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2011
  • But the research concerning endogenous testosterone, the kind that the body makes naturally, was less settled.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Often brought up is the worry about pigs having an endogenous retrovirus, which some people say could activate and infect human cells.
    Jeremy Rehm, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2018
  • And in lab experiments, these porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) tended to leap from pig to human cells.
    Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2018
  • During a fasted state your body relies on endogenous sources of energy, such as fat and glycogen, as opposed to exogenous sources derived from food.
    NBC News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Inside, the fluid that is circulating is actually a one-to-one mixture of the animal’s endogenous blood and our perfusate.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2022
  • If KoRV follows the path of other endogenous retroviruses, that trend will continue.
    Quanta Magazine, 4 Mar. 2015
  • Species with endogenous lentiviruses usually aren’t bedeviled by active lentiviruses, at least none that has been identified yet, Fregoso told me.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In Feilding’s view, the mystical experience is an endogenous state of mind which happens on rare occasions, much more often to children.
    Natan Ponieman, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Scientists were already on the lookout for porcine endogenous retroviruses, which are integrated into the pig genome.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Lauri Nummenmaa, a brain-imaging scientist at the University of Turku in Finland, and his colleagues measured endogenous opioid release in the brains of 10 healthy men.
    Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
  • Such integrated viral sequences, known as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), account for 8% of the human genome.
    The Economist, 20 Aug. 2020
  • This stability seems endogenous rather than a mere reflection of federal aid.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 Nov. 2021
  • There are two major types of antioxidants: endogenous and exogenous.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 4 July 2023
  • According to some estimates, nearly 10 percent of our own DNA comes from endogenous retroviruses, ancient viruses that infected humans millions of years ago and have been passed down since then.
    Joseph Osmundson, The Atlantic, 8 June 2022
  • Second, the neutral rate is endogenous to economic policy.
    Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Indeed, a quantum computer attack could impair nearly 60% of total assets in the banking system due to bank runs and endogenous liquidity traps.
    Arthur Herman, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Additionally, monkeys are thought to be immune to endogenous pig viruses.
    Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The endogenous opioid family includes a diverse group of other chemicals besides just endorphins – and enkephalins are also noteworhty for their roles in pain suppression.
    Ben Thomas, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2015
  • Yet, not enough can be gained from dietary or endogenous sources to improve performance, which is why supplemental creatine may beneficial.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
  • People with depression show abnormalities in the body’s release of its own, endogenous, opioid chemicals.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 May 2017
  • This is separate from the discovery of endogenous electrical activity, which is what Luigi Galvani famously discovered in the late 1700s.
    IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • These sequences, known as porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs), have been shown to produce potentially infectious viral particles, though their risk to humans is unclear.
    Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 19 Dec. 2019
  • In other words Islamic reformism, radicalism, etc., are to some extent endogenous to Muslim societies, and probably an inevitable outcome of modernity, West or no West.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2012
  • Labo is watching you: A robot that persuades you from smartphone interruption The endogenous interruptions of smartphones have impacted people’s everyday life in many aspects, especially in the study and work areas under a lamp.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Running releases brain chemicals like endorphins and endogenous cannabinoids that can help relieve physical pain and emotional stress.
    Rachel Tavel, SELF, 8 Apr. 2018
  • There's no need to appeal to higher order social structure or organization, farmers who have a specific cultural toolkit drive the dynamic through endogenous growth in pre-state cultures through the production of large families.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2012
  • EVs are natural vesicles secreted by endogenous cells to protect and transport small RNAs across cells and biological barriers and therefore should be biocompatible with the host’s immune system.
    Chao Yan, Scientific American, 17 June 2020

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