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Adventitious ideas, such as a sensation of heat, are gained directly through sense experience.
Rationalism vs. Empiricism Markie, Peter 2008
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Adventitious ideas proceed from the senses, fictitious ideas proceed from the imagination and the intellect, and innate ideas proceed from thought itself, which acts as their ground or original.
Antoine Le Grand Easton, Patricia 2006
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Adventitious distinctions had disappeared for the instant.
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Adventitious and buttress roots are common and even the epiphytic members usually maintain contact with the soil through long aerial roots.
Chapter 6 1994
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Adventitious motor overflow, however, must be distinguished from agitation.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Adventitious motor overflow is tested by asking the patient to hold both arms straight out in front of him for 20 seconds; choreiform jerks may appear.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Adventitious shoot formation has also been used to propagate vegetable crops in vitro.
1. Household gardening projects in asia: past experience and future directions 1992
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Adventitious: occurring accidentally, out of the ordinary course, without apparent reason.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Prevention of deafness, _see_ Adventitious deafness; Congenital deafness.
The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States Harry Best
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Increase of deafness, _see_ Adventitious deafness; Congenital deafness.
The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States Harry Best
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