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grumbling appendix

noun

informal a condition in which the appendix causes intermittent pain but appendicitis has not developed

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Nearby words

  1. grugru,
  2. gruiform,
  3. gruis,
  4. grum,
  5. grumble,
  6. grume,
  7. grumly,
  8. grummet,
  9. grumose,
  10. grumous
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