Look up: extrinsic


  1. extrinsic
    [adj] - not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=extrinsic

  2. Extrinsic
    Of or relating to an organ or structure, originating outside the part where it is found or upon which it acts
    Found op http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/glossary.html

  3. Extrinsic
    Extrinsic: 1. Not an essential or inherent part of a something such as a structure. 2. Coming from the outside. Extrinsic forces can mold the head before birth. From the Latin extrinsecus meaning from outside. The opposite of extrinsic is intrinsic.
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=40363

  4. Extrinsic
    Ex·trin'sic adjective [ Latin extrinsecus ; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to English second : confer French extrinsèque . See Exterior , Second .] 1. Not contained in o...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/98

  5. extrinsic
    1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; opposed to intrinsic. 'The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture.' (I. Taylor) ... 2. <anatomy> Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part said of certain groups of muscles. Oppos...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?extrinsic

  6. extrinsic
    adjective not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; `extrinsic evidence`; `an extrinsic feature of the new building`; `that style is something extrinsic to the subject...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=extrinsic

  7. extrinsic
    (ek-strin´zik) of external origin.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001



  1. Extrinsic
    • (a.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic. • (a.) Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/extrinsic/

  2. Extrinsic
    (Lat. exter, out + secus, beside) Having external value. Value in the relation of wholes to other wholes. -- J.K.F.
    Found op http://www.ditext.com/runes/e.html

  3. extrinsic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: eks-trin′sik Definitions: 1. Originating outside of the part where found or on which it acts; denoting especially a muscle, such as extrinsic muscles of hand.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=31236

  4. extrinsic
    Latin extrinsecus = from without, hence (usually) a muscle (usually) originating outside the part on which it acts.
    Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?

  5. extrinsic
    (eks-trin;sik) Pertaining to an outside or external origin.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  6. extrinsic
    (eks-trin;sik) Pertaining to an outside or external origin.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  7. extrinsic
    1) Accidental 2) Adscititious 3) Adventitious 4) Alien 5) External 6) Extraneous 7) Foreign 8) Inessential 9) Nonessential 10) Outside 11) Unessential
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/extrinsic/1

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