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apposition

In grammar, the placing of a noun or noun phrase next to another that refers to the same thing (‘We'll take the easiest route, the east ridge, to the top’). The word or phrase in apposition is marked off from its antecedent (to which it refers) by a pair of commas.
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3) However, the presence of cartilage in the rudimentary pinna of our patient precluded any such appositions from existing to a significant degree, which renders this explanation somewhat unlikely.
Second branchial cleft anomaly presenting as a rudimentary pinna in ... by Poole, Michael D. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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