Meaning of APPENDIX
| Pronunciation: | | u'pendiks
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- [n] a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
- [n] supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
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| | Synonyms: | | cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process |
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| | See Also: | | addendum, appendage, blind gut, caecum, cecum, codicil, outgrowth, postscript, process, shirttail, supplement | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ap*pen"dix\, n.; pl. E. {Appendixes}, L. {Appendices}.
[L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See {Append}.]
1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or
concomitant.
Normandy became an appendix to England. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily
essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from
supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and
correct inaccuracies.
Syn: See {Supplement}.
\Ap*pen"dix\, n.
The vermiform appendix.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Vestigial tubular pouch of cecum. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The vermiform appendix (as opposed to other types of appendices) is an attachment of 8 to 13 cm, rich in lymphoid tissue, to the caecum. |
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| Legal Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Supplementary materials added to the end of a document. |
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