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Found 2 items, similar to vermiform appendix.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vermiform appendix
vermiform appendix
n : a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the
cecum and that resembles a small pouch [syn:
appendix,
vermiform process,
cecal appendage]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vermiform appendix
Vermiform
\Ver"mi*form\, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.]
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the
vermiform process of the cerebellum.
[1913 Webster]
Vermiform appendix (Anat.), a slender blind process of the
c[ae]cum in man and some other animals; -- called also
vermiform appendage, and
vermiform process. Small
solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones,
sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal,
inflammation. See Illust. under
Digestion.
[1913 Webster]
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