ADNEXA

adnexa, annexa

(noun) accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo); “Fallopian tubes and ovaries are adnexa of the uterus”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

adnexa pl (plural only)

(anatomy) The appendages of an organ, such as the fallopian tubes of the uterus.

Source: Wiktionary



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DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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