Pronounced: dee-RA-suh-nate, adj
Notes: Fancy word for something more common
Yesterday’s word
The word ectogenous means “able to survive outside a host (as some bacteria and other parasites do)”
First usage
This word come into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
Another Greek word, from ecto- (outside) and -genous (producing)
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