ex·trin·sic
adj 1 : originating or due to causes or factors from or on the outside of a body, organ, or part <renal tumors or cysts … causing compression of the renal vasculature -Scientific American Medicine> 2 : originating outside a part and acting on the part as a whole - used esp. of certain muscles <the muscles of the tongue> - compare INTRINSIC2 ex*trin*si*cal*ly adv
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