1. growth or development originating from within an organism or system; internal origin or cause.
Usage: technical; biology
2. in geology, the process of rock formation or change caused by internal forces within the Earth.
Usage: geology; technical

Examples

• The endogeny of the disease suggests it arose from factors within the patient's own body.
• Endogeny in plant biology refers to growth driven by internal genetic and metabolic processes.
• Geologists study endogeny to understand how mountain ranges form through internal Earth processes.
• The researcher attributed the organism's development to endogeny rather than external environmental factors.
• Endogeny explains why certain traits appear in offspring even without external environmental triggers.