Medical Definition of Accessory organs

1. Organ's exceeding the normal number, which may develop from multiple foci of organization in an organ-formative field larger (originally) than that of the definitive main organ; such organ's are aberrant but frequently not a cause of disease; illness may persist if they are left in the body after therapeutic removal of the main organ, e.g., accessory spleen. Synonym: accessory organs. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accessory Organs

accessory hemiazygos vein
accessory hemiazygous vein
accessory ligaments
accessory meningeal branch of middle meningeal artery
accessory mineral
accessory minerals
accessory molecules
accessory nasal cartilages
accessory nerve
accessory nerve lymph nodes
accessory nerve trunk
accessory nerves
accessory olivary nuclei
accessory organs (current term)
accessory organs of the eye
accessory pancreas
accessory pancreatic duct
accessory parotid gland
accessory phrenic nerves
accessory pigment
accessory placenta
accessory plantar ligaments
accessory portion of spinal accessory nerve
accessory process
accessory quadrate cartilage
accessory saphenous vein
accessory shoe
accessory shoes

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