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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

extrinsecus

;

exter

on the outside +

secus

otherwise, beside; akin to E.

second

: cf. F.

extrinsèque

. See

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.

(Anat.)

Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; – said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to

intrinsic