adj 1  :  aiding, contributing, or associated in a secondary way: as  a  :  being or functioning as a vitamin < food substances>   b  :  associated in position or function with something (as an organ or lesion) usu. of more importance <the testis and male ducts and glands -B. T. Scheer>  <perforated ulcer with pocket formation -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>   2  :  SUPERNUMERARY < spleens>  <excision of an navicular bone> 
n, pl  -ries  :  ACCESSORY NERVE .
 
   
 
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