adnexa

American  

[ad-nek-suh] / ædˈnɛk sə /

plural noun

Anatomy.

1. parts added, attached, or adjunct to another or others, as the eyelids and tear glands in relation to the eyeball.

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adnexa British  

/ ædˈnɛksə /

plural noun

1. anatomy adjoining organs, esp of the uterus

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Other Word Forms

• adnexal adjective

Etymology

Origin of adnexa

1895–1900; < Latin, neuter plural of adnexus physically attached, joined, past participle of adnectere to attach; ad-, nexus

Example Sentences

In cases of inflammation of the uterus or its adnexa four quarts of water should be used, and the douche should be taken in the horizontal position.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)

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.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Tumours of the uterus and its adnexa at times, though rarely, complicate pregnancy, and they may involve certain moral questions that have been little discussed.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

X. adnexa, seu fructu dictae orationis, etiam non flexis genibus recitari possit ab iis, qui legitime impediti fuerint infirmitatis tantum causa.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by

With urgent symptoms removal of the inflamed adnexa must be resorted to.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various