vermiform appendix

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noun Anatomy, Zoology.

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

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Also called appendix.

Origin of vermiform appendix

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby vermiform appendix

vermiculation, vermicule, vermiculite, vermiculture, vermiform, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, vermifuge, vermilion, vermilion rockfish, vermin

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How to use vermiform appendix in a sentence

The longtime justice, appointed by President Clinton, added a lengthy appendix of evidence he found relevant to his dissent.
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That appendix is taken more seriously because it is between the covers of a holy book.
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The procedure is now the most common surgery performed in the U.S.—more common than getting your tonsils or appendix removed.
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I shall then give an account of my various excursions in an Appendix, and afterwards resume the thread of my journal.
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The geological character of this rock is more fully treated upon in the Appendix by my friend Dr. Fitton.
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See Appendix I for the exact facts which were not known to me until long afterwards.
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Mr. Brae, in the Appendix to his edition of Chaucer's Astrolabe (p. 101), has a long note on the present passage.
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The table as prepared is set out in Appendix A to this report.
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British Dictionary definitions for vermiform appendix

vermiform appendix

vermiform process

noun

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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Scientific definitions for vermiform appendix

vermiform appendix

[ vûr′mə-fôrm′ ]

See appendix.