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vermiform appendix

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

First recorded in 1770–80
Also called appendix.
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British Dictionary definitions for vermiform appendix

vermiform appendix

vermiform process

noun
  1. a wormlike pouch extending from the lower end of the caecum in some mammals. In man it is vestigialAlso called: appendix
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vermiform appendix in Medicine

vermiform appendix

n.
  1. 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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vermiform appendix in Science

vermiform appendix

[vûr′mə-fôrm′]
  1. See appendix.
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