Adnexa

Definition: Adnexa

Adnexa

Noun

1. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo): "fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uturus".

Domain	Definitions
Health	The appendages of the eye, as the lacrimal apparatus, the eyelids, and the extraocular muscles. (references)
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Synonym: Adnexa

Synonym: annexa (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Adnexa

English words defined with "adnexa": adnexal, annexa, annexal. (references)

Specialty definitions using "adnexa": adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi, Adnexa Uteri, adnexitis ♦ Eye Infections, Parasitic. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Biopsy Pathology of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa (reference) Eye muscle and adnexa (reference) Hereditary disorders of the eye and ocular adnexa (reference) Histological Typing of Tumours of the Eye and Its Adnexa (reference) Mycosis of the Eye and Its Adnexa (Developments in Ophthalmology, Vol. 32) (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		For instance, some young women with stage IA tumors may be able to have the option of preservation of the uterus and contralateral adnexa, and some young women with stage IB tumors may have preservation of the uterus. (references)
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Expressions using "adnexa": adnexa bulbi ♦ adnexa oculi ♦ Adnexa Uteri. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "adnexa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		adnexa uteri (female adnexa, female annexa), adnexa oculi (adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi), oejets hjaelpeorganer (adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi), fjernelse af adnekser (removal of uterine adnexa), de mandlige koenskirtler (male adnexa, male annexa). (various references)

Dutch		adnexa uteri (female adnexa, female annexa), adnexa oculi (adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi), wegneming van de adnexa (removal of uterine adnexa), baarmoederaanhangsels (female adnexa, female annexa). (various references)

French		annexes masculines (male adnexa), annexes féminines (female adnexa), annexes des yeux (adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi), ablation des annexes (removal of uterine adnexa). (various references)

German		Adnexentfernung (removal of uterine adnexa), Adnexa uteri (female adnexa, female annexa), Adnexa oculi (adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi), Adnexa bulbi (adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi), weibliche Adnexe (female adnexa, female annexa), maennliche Adnexe (male adnexa, male annexa). (various references)

Greek		κακοήθη νεοπλάσματα της ωοθήκης και των άλλων εξαρτημάτων της μήτρας (malignant neoplasm of ovary and other uterine adnexa), εξαρτήματα της μήτρας (female adnexa, female annexa), αφαίρεση των εξαρτημάτων (removal of uterine adnexa). (various references)

Italian		annessiectomia (removal of uterine adnexa), annessi uterini (female adnexa, female annexa), annessi oculari (adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi). (various references)

Pig Latin		adnexaay

Portuguese		anexos masculinos (male adnexa, male annexa), anexos femininos (female adnexa, female annexa), ablação de anexos (removal of uterine adnexa). (various references)

Spanish		anexos masculinos (male adnexa, male annexa), anexos femeninos (female adnexa, female annexa), anexos del ojo (adnexa bulbi, adnexa oculi). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "adnexa": adnexal. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-n-x"
	-2 letters: axed, dean, nada.
	-3 letters: ana, and, ane, axe, den, dex, end, nae.
	-4 letters: aa, ad, ae, an, ax, de, ed, en, ex, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-n-x"
	+1 letter: adnexal.
	+2 letters: bandeaux, banjaxed.
	+3 letters: alexander.
	+4 letters: alexanders, dextranase, expandable.
	+5 letters: alexandrine, alexandrite, dextranases, fricandeaux.
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