Accessory apartment
a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
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- Accessory bud
accessory bud accessory bud (āk-sěs’ə-rē) see under bud.
- Accessory cell
immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with t or b cells to initiate a specific immune response. also called subsidiary cell. botany. a plant epidermal cell -ssociated with guard cells and different morphologically from other epidermal cells. accessory cell see subsidiary cell.
- Accessory cephalic vein
accessory cephalic vein accessory cephalic vein n. a variable vein that p-sses along the radial border of the forearm to join the cephalic vein near the elbow.
- Accessory chromosome
. historical examples in these latter stages the nucleolus has entirely faded out and nothing suggesting an accessory chromosome is present. studies in spermatogenesis (part 1 of 2) nettie maria stevens thionin was found to be a very useful stain for distinguishing between the accessory chromosome and an ordinary nucleolus. studies in spermatogenesis (part 1 […]
- Accessory fruit
a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue. noun another name for pseudocarp accessory fruit a fruit, such as the pear or strawberry, that develops from a ripened ovary or ovaries but also has tissue derived from part of […]