Thesaurus: extrinsic

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1. a. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
2. a. Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
3. adj. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
4. 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. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.
5. Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some otherpartintrinsic.
6. j:100 a. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside