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ADNEXAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adnexal mean? 

ADNEXAL (adjective)
  The adjective ADNEXAL has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to adnexaplay

  Familiarity information: ADNEXAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADNEXAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to adnexa

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

adnexal; annexal

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))


 Context examples 


It is characterized by the presence of a cystic structure that is lined by keratinizing epithelium and contains adnexal structures.

(Orbit Dermoid Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

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

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

Clonal proliferations arising in adnexal structures that are not otherwise classifiable.

(Other Adnexal Neoplasms of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It occurs during the reproductive age and may present as a rapidly growing adnexal mass.

(Ovarian Wilms Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign adnexal neoplasm arising from hair-bearing skin surfaces.

(Pilomatricoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A benign adnexal neoplasm arising from hair-bearing skin surfaces, usually the head and neck and upper extremities.

(Pilomatricoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of ocular adnexal lymphoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.

(Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of ocular adnexal lymphoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Clonal proliferations arising from adnexal skin structures including hair follicles, and apocrine and eccrine glands and ducts.

(Adnexal Neoplasms of the Mouse Skin, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The definition of N4 TNM finding depends on the specific type of cancer that it refers to; for example, for ocular adnexal lymphoma it refers to metastases to central lymph nodes.

(N4 Stage Finding, NCI Thesaurus)



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