adversaria pl (plural only)
(pluralonly, obsolete) Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other.
(pluralonly, obsolete) A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`ver*sa"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [L. adversaria (sc. scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius.]
Definition: A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp. Bull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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