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adventitious bursa(medicine)
adventitious cyst(medicine)
ADVENTITIOUS, adventitius(law)

adventitious (iou)



adventitious adjective. E17.
[from medieval Latin adventitius alt. of Latin adventicius, from advent-: see ADVENT, -ITIOUS1.]
Coming from without, accidental, casual. E17.
Law. Of property: coming from a stranger or by collateral, not direct, succession. Opp. profectitious. M17.
Formed in an unexpected place anatomically; esp. in Botany (of roots, buds, etc.) arising from a part other than that usual in plants generally. L17.
adventitiously adverb M18.