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

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

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

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)

There were found two uteruses, the posterior one being a normal organ with its adnexa; connected with this uterus was another one, anterior to it.

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

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