accessory (redirected from accessoriness)

accessory /ac·ces·so·ry/ (ak-ses´ah-re) supplementary; affording aid to another similar and generally more important thing.

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ac·ces·so·ry (k-ss-r)

adj.

Having a secondary, supplementary, or subordinate function.

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accessory,

adj providing complementary or supplementary assistance.

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accessory

supplementary or affording aid to another similar and generally more important thing.

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accessory nerve

see Table 14.

accessory sex glands

any gland, other than the gonad, associated with the genital tract, such as the ampulla of the ductus deferens and the bulbourethral, prostate and vesicular glands of the male.