ECTOGENOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (ek-TOJ-uh-nuhs)

MEANING: adjective: Able to survive outside a host (as some bacteria and other parasites do).

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek ecto- (outside) + -genous (producing). Earliest documented use: 1883.
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ECTOGENROUS - sharing one's wealth with the outside environment (see also ECOGENROUS)

ECTOGELOUS - with an external coating of Jell-O

PECTOGENOUS - for enlarging the female bust