Ex*trin"sic (?), a. [L.
extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus
otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F.
extrinsèque. See Exterior, Second.]
1. 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.
2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ
or limb and partly to some other part; -- said of certain groups of
muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.