Found 2 items, similar to Vermiform.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vermiform
vermiform
adj : resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical [syn:
worm-shaped]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vermiform
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]