adventitious

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin adventicius (“‘foreign’”), from advenire (“‘to arrive’”).

[edit] Adjective

adventitious (comparative more adventitious, superlative most adventitious)

1. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
2. accidental, additional, appearing casually
3. (medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
4. (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: добавъчен, добавен отвън , придобит
• French: acquis(1,3), adventice (1,2)
• Japanese: 偶然的な, Botany: 異常な位置に生じた
• Korean: 우연적인, Botany: 이상한 곳에서 발생하는

[edit] Derived terms

• adventitiously
• adventitiousness
• adventive

[edit] Related terms

• extrinsic
• spontaneous
• sporadic
• accidental