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ADNEXAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to adnexa

Synonyms:

adnexal; annexal

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

adnexa (accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo))

Derivation:

adnexa (accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo))

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 Context examples: 

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of ocular adnexal lymphoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of ocular adnexal lymphoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Adnexal masses include ovarian cysts, ectopic (tubal) pregnancies, and benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer) tumors.

(Adnexal mass, NCI Dictionary)

The vast majority of cases are extranodal marginal zone lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, however, other histologic types of lymphomas can originate from ocular adnexal tissues, including rare cases of NK/T-cell lymphomas of nasal type.

(Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)