adnexa
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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Etymology
Origin of adnexa
1895–1900; < Latin, neuter plural of adnexus physically attached, joined, past participle of adnectere to attach; see ad-, nexus
Example Sentences
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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
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
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)
It was formerly thought that primary abdominal pregnancy is quite common; that is, that the ovum is implanted on some organ within the abdomen itself, apart from the uterine adnexa.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
Ectopic gestation is gestation in the uterine adnexa, the peritoneal cavity, or the horn of an abnormal or rudimentary uterus.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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