adventitious

== English == === Alternative forms === adventicious (archaic) === Etymology === From Medieval Latin adventītius (“coming from abroad, extraneous”), a corruption of Latin adventīcius (“foreign, strange, accidental”), from adventus (“arrival, coming, approach, advent”) + -īcius (suffix forming adjectives), from adveniō (“to arrive”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs/, /ˌæd.vɛnˈtɪʃ.əs/ === Adjective === adventitious (comparative more adventitious, superlative most adventitious) From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign. Synonyms: extrinsic, exogenous Accidental, additional, appearing casually. Synonyms: accidental, spontaneous, sporadic; incidental, coincidental, fortuitous, serendipitous; see also Thesaurus:accidental (genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired. Synonym: acquired (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source. Coordinate term: ectopic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===