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EXTRINSIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
Example:
looking for extrinsic aid
Classified under:
Similar:
adventitious (associated by chance and not an integral part)
adscititious (added or derived from something outside; not inherent)
alien; foreign (not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something)
external; extraneous; outside (coming from the outside)
extraneous (not essential)
Also:
inessential; unessential (not basic or fundamental)
Antonym:
intrinsic (belonging to a thing by its very nature)
Context examples:
DNA content, Green Fluorescent Protein, or extrinsic properties, such as molecular markers identified by fluorescently-labelled monoclonal antibodies, automated magnetic cell sorting.
(Flow Cytometry Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
Process by which a nucleic acid macromolecule assumes an energetically favorable three-dimensional conformation as a result of intrinsic and extrinsic atomic physical forces.
(Nucleic Acid Folding, NCI Thesaurus)
The extrinsic mechanism of prothrombin activator formation begins with trauma to vascular walls or extravascular tissues.
(Extrinsic Prothrombin Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
The extrinsic pathway is triggered by death receptor engagement, which initiates a signaling cascade mediated by caspase-8 activation.
(Apoptosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
