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ap⋅pen⋅dix

  [uh-pen-diks]
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–noun, plural -dix⋅es, -di⋅ces  [-duh-seez] .
1. supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature.
2. an appendage.
3. Anatomy.
a. a process or projection.
b. vermiform appendix.
4. Aeronautics. the short tube at the bottom of a balloon bag, by which the intake and release of buoyant gas is controlled.
Origin:
1535–45; < L: appendage, equiv. to append(ere) to append + -ix (equiv. to -ic- n. suffix + -s nom. sing. ending)

Synonyms:
1. addendum, adjunct. Appendix, supplement both mean material added at the end of a book. An appendix gives useful additional information, but even without it the rest of the book is complete: In the appendix are forty detailed charts. A supplement, bound in the book or published separately, is given for comparison, as an enhancement, to provide corrections, to present later information, and the like: A yearly supplement is issued.

Usage note:
Appendices, a plural borrowed directly from Latin, is sometimes used, especially in scholarly writing, to refer to supplementary material at the end of a book.
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vermiform appendix

 
–noun Anatomy, Zoology.
a narrow, blind tube protruding from the cecum, having no known useful function, in humans being 3 to 4 in. (8 to 10 cm) long and situated in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen.
Also called appendix.

Origin:
1770–80
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ap·pen·dix   (ə-pěn'dĭks)   
n.   pl. ap·pen·dix·es or ap·pen·di·ces (-dĭ-sēz')

    1. An appendage.

    2. A collection of supplementary material, usually at the end of a book.

  2. The vermiform appendix.

  3. Anatomy A supplementary or accessory part of a bodily organ or structure.


[Latin, from appendere, to hang upon; see append.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ap·pen·dix
Pronunciation: &-'pen-diks
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ap·pen·dix·es or ap·pen·di·ces /-d&-"sEz/
: a bodily outgrowth or process; specifically : VERMIFORM APPENDIX

Main Entry: vermiform appendix
Function: noun
: a narrow blind tube usually about three or four inches (7.6 to 10.2 centimeters) long that extends from the cecum in thelower right-hand part of the abdomen, has much lymphoid wall tissue, normally communicates with the cavity of the cecum, and represents an atrophied terminal part of the cecum
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appendix ap·pen·dix (ə-pěn'dĭks)
n. pl. ap·pen·dix·es or ap·pen·di·ces (-dĭ-sēz')

  1. A supplementary or an accessory part of an organ or a structure of the body.

  2. The vermiform appendix.

vermiform appendix n.
A wormlike intestinal diverticulum starting from the blind end of the cecum in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen and ending in a blind extremity.

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appendix   (ə-pěn'dĭks)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural appendixes or appendices (ə-pěn'-dĭ-sēz')
A tubular projection attached to the cecum of the large intestine and located on the lower right side of the abdomen. Also called vermiform appendix.
vermiform appendix   (vûr'mə-fôrm')  Pronunciation Key 
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