Associations to the word «Adnexa»

Wiktionary

ADNEXA, noun. (anatomy) The appendages of an organ.

Dictionary definition

ADNEXA, noun. Accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo); "Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats