Originating, developing, or produced from within; describing processes or features that come from internal sources.
From Greek endo- (within) + -genic (producing, generating). This geological and biological term became standardized in the 19th century to classify phenomena by their internal origins.
Endogenic processes in geology created all of Earth's mountains and most of its ore deposits—the planet basically built its own treasure vault from the inside!
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