adventitious
41adventitious — /aedvantishas/ That which comes incidentally, fortuitously, or out of the regular course …
42adventitious — Accidental, not inherent; coming from an external source …
43adventitious — adj. 1 accidental, casual. 2 added from outside. 3 Biol. formed accidentally or under unusual conditions. 4 Law (of property) coming from a stranger or by collateral succession rather than directly. Derivatives: adventitiously adv. Etymology: L… …
44adventitious bud — (BRYOZOA: Phylactolaemata) The small bud primordium on the dorsal side of the main bud near the parental polypide …
45adventitious vein — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A secondary wing vein, neither accessory nor intercalary, usually the result of cross veins lined up to form a continuous vein …
46adventitious bursa — an abnormal cyst due to friction or some other mechanical cause, and containing synovial fluid; called also supernumerary b …
47adventitious dentin — secondary irregular d …
48adventitious sounds — abnormal auscultatory sounds heard over the lungs, such as rales, rhonchi, or any of the abnormal types of resonance; they are usually characterized as either continuous s s or discontinuous s s. Cf. breath s s …
49adventitious bud — Vegetative growth arising on a cycad stem, giving rise to suckers at the base or offsets on the aerial stem …
50adventitious root — noun root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem • Hypernyms: ↑root * * * noun : a root that arises from any point other than the radicle or the root axis (as the prop roots of corn arising from the lower stem) compare aerial root; see… …