01 a. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
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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.
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Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.(Anat.)