Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Accessory or adjoining anatomical parts, as ovaries and fallopian tubes in relation to the uterus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Connected or associated things; specifically, in anatomy, appendages or structures accessory to a main organ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
appendages of anorgan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The fellow will work closely with the full-time faculty in Plastic Surgery as well as faculty in related specialties for experience in managing cleft lip and palate, craniofacial anomalies, dermatologic and vascular malformations, congenital anomalies of the eye and adnexa, pediatric hand, and general pediatric plastic surgical problems.
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The uterus was small, anteflexed and anteverted, and nontender, and the adnexa were nonpalpable and nontender.
Salem Falls JODI PICOULT 2001
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Abortion may be due to pathological changes in the ovum, the uterus, or its adnexa one or both -- to the physical or nervous condition of the woman, to diseases either inherited or acquired (syphilis, tuberculosis, rheumatism); to any infectious, contagious, or inflammatory disease; to shock, injury, or accident.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Azem, Bastien, Bibb, Bovel, Warren, Ward, and many others report similar instances, and in several cases all the adnexa as well as the uterus and vagina were absent, and even the kidney and bladder malformed.
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-- Complete prolapse of the uterus, with eversion of vagina (Keen and White). with its adnexa; connected with this uterus was another one, anterior to it.
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Hofmokl also describes the case of a young girl with an undeveloped vagina, absence of the uterus and adnexa, who during a forcible and unsuccessful attempt at coitus, had her left labium majus torn from the vaginal wall.
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The two uteruses had a common cervix; the anterior of the two organs had no adnexa, though there were lateral peritoneal ligaments; it had become pregnant. ''
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Hofmokl also describes the case of a young girl with an undeveloped vagina, absence of the uterus and adnexa, who during a forcible and unsuccessful attempt at coitus, had her left labium majus torn from the vaginal wall.
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Azem, Bastien, Bibb, Bovel, Warren, Ward, and many others report similar instances, and in several cases all the adnexa as well as the uterus and vagina were absent, and even the kidney and bladder malformed.
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The uterus, adnexa and renal tract appeared normal.
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