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2. (Biol.) Growing by addition to the exterior.

3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous. Owen.

Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.

||Ex`o*gy"ra (?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; out, outside + &?; circle.] (Paleon.) A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

Ex"o*lete (?), a. [L. exoletus, p. p. of exolescere to grow out, grow out of use; ex out + olescere to grow.] Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [Obs.]

Ex`o*lu"tion (?), n. [L. exolutio a release. See Exolve.] See Exsolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ex*olve" (?), v. t. [L. exolvere, exsolutum; ex out + solvere.] To loose; to pay. [Obs.]

Ex"on (?), n. [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river.] A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.

Ex"on, n. [F. expect an under officer.] An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]

Ex*on"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exonerating (?).] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to load, onus load. See Onerous.] 1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]

All exonerate themselves into one common duct.

Ray.

2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice. Burke.

3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.

Syn. -- To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.

Ex*on`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. exoneratio: cf. F. Exonération.] The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Ex*on"er*a*tive (?), a. Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

Ex*on"er*a`tor (?), n. [L., an unloader.] One who exonerates or frees from obligation.

||Ex`oph*thal"mi*a (?), n. [Nl.,fr. Gr. &?; with prominent eyes; &?; out + &?; the eye.] (Med.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.

Ex`oph*thal"mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.

Exophthalmic golter. Same as Rasedow's disease.

||Ex`oph*thal"mos (?), ||Ex`oph*thal"mus (&?;), n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as Exophthalmia.

Ex`oph*thal"my (?), n. (Med.) Exophthalmia.

Ex*oph"yl*lous (?), a. [Exo- + Gr. &?; .] (Bot.) Not sheathed in another leaf.

Ex"o*plasm (?), n. [Exo- + Gr. &?; from, fr. &?; to mold.] (Biol.) See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm.

Ex*op"o*dite (?), n. [Exo- + Gr. &?; , foot.] (Zoöl) The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

Ex*op"ta*ble (?), a. [L. exoptabilis.] Very desirable. [Obs.] Bailey.

Ex*op"tile (?), n. [F., fr.Gr. &?; without + &?; feather, plumage.] (Bot.) A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.