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adventitious /ad·ven·ti·tious/ (ad″ven-tish´us) 1. accidental or acquired; not natural or hereditary. 2. found out of the normal or usual place. 3. adventitial.
adventitious, 1 pertaining to an accidental condition or an arbitrary action. 2 not hereditary. 3 occurring at an inappropriate place, such as a coating on an artery. adventitious 1. accidental or acquired. 2. not in the usual place. adventitious breath sounds see breath sounds. adventitious movements purposeless movements; as seen in distemper myoclonus in dogs. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Instead of
working to increase the number of deaf schools, the government focused
on differentiating three different types of deaf schools: those for the
totally deaf, those for the partially deaf (born with defective
hearing), and those for late deafened or adventitiously deaf. Even the sexual aspects of the story
seem more integral to the whole and are not adventitiously added for a
prurient effect. Sensory
rehabilitation of the adventitiously deafened: Use of assistive
communication and alerting devices. |
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