appendicular
Americanadjective
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relating to an appendage or appendicle
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anatomy of or relating to the vermiform appendix
Other Word Forms
- nonappendicular adjective
- postappendicular adjective
Etymology
Origin of appendicular
1645–55; < Latin appendicul ( a ) appendicle + -ar 1
Example Sentences
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How does the development of the clavicle differ from the development of other appendicular skeleton bones?
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Endochondral ossification, the process that converts the hyaline cartilage model into bone, begins in most appendicular bones by the twelfth fetal week.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Most of the joints between the bones of the appendicular skeleton are this freely moveable type of joint.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The appendicular skeleton is composed of the bones of the upper and lower limbs.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
But another and apparently insuperable objection may be raised—that the appendages of the ninth segment are the stylets, and that the gonapophyses cannot therefore be appendicular.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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