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ex·te·ri·or

(ĭk-stîr′ē-ər)
adj.
1. Outer; external: the exterior door.
2. Originating or acting from the outside: exterior influences on the negotiations.
3. Suitable for use outside: an exterior paint.
n.
1. A part or a surface that is outside: the exterior of the house.
2. An external or outward appearance: a friendly exterior.
3.
a. A representation of the outdoors for use on a soundstage or in a theater: The artist painted exteriors for the film.
b. A scene for a movie or television program that is filmed outdoors: The exteriors for the film were shot in the mountains of New Zealand.

[Latin, comparative of exter, outward; see eghs in Indo-European roots.]

ex·te′ri·or·ly adv.
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If I were a chemist, I would tell him that the aerolites, bodies evidently formed exteriorly of our terrestrial globe, have, upon analysis, revealed indisputable traces of carbon, a substance which owes its origin solely to organized beings, and which, according to the experiments of Reichenbach, must necessarily itself have been endued with animation.
Exteriorly, nothing in the room showed that it was the habitation of an abbe.
The submucosa of the style sac consists of Leydig cells and sparse smooth muscle cells, with occasional pigmented cells and hemocytes, and it is exteriorly covered by epidermis, as for the stomach.
"It may be said with truth that in no country in the world are there to be seen such a variety of beautiful cottages, scrupulously clean and neat in the interior, and ornamental exteriorly with flowers, shrubs and bright green lawns."
If until the sorrows come man prays exteriorly like a stranger, when the Christian takes this "daily" cross (Ibidem: 42), he addresses God like a son to his loving father, who is able to sacrifice and offer even his life and not just his personal goods for the health and happiness of his beloved children.
Badiavas, "Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived [CD63.sup.+] exosomes transport Wnt3a exteriorly and enhance dermal fibroblast proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis in vitro," Stem Cells and Development, vol.
(86) Nonetheless, because the male sees masculinity as "something to be won, achieved" exteriorly through contests, risks, struggles, feats, and "not at all something someone is simply born with," males engage in external activities with certain vigor, and yes, a certain "genius." (87) They prove themselves by tackling and shaping the world.
Stage-III Testes large, ivory whitish colour, vascularization heavy in back of them and exteriorly dorsal blood vessels are present.
Traction was applied on catheter to know thickness of the septum and help in bulging of the septum exteriorly. Guided by catheter 5-6 radial incisions were given in septum with sharp edge of knife keeping away from bulb of catheter.
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