extrinsic

1. a. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic. Source: opted

2. a. Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic. Source: opted

3. adj. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

5. Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some otherpartintrinsic. Source: adambom

6. j:100 a. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside Source: ecdict

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