appendix (noun)

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• appendix vermiformis — or vermiform appendix noun (anatomy and zoology) The distal remains of the caecum of the intestine, in humans, a narrow, blind tube • • • Main Entry: ↑appendix …   Useful english dictionary

• appendix — ► NOUN (pl. appendices or appendixes) 1) a small tube of tissue attached to the lower end of the large intestine. 2) a section of additional information at the end of a book. ORIGIN Latin, from appendere hang on …   English terms dictionary

• appendix — ap‧pen‧dix [əˈpendɪks] noun appendixes PLURALFORM or appendices PLURALFORM [ dɪsiːz] [countable] a part at the end of a book, document, or report, containing additional or useful information: • Further details of the 60 films used in this study… …   Financial and business terms

• appendix — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ burst, inflamed, perforated, ruptured ▪ He was taken to the hospital with a burst appendix. VERB + APPENDIX ▪ remove …   Collocations dictionary

• appendix — I (accession) noun accessory, additament, adiungere, annexation, appendage, attachment, complement, extension, inclusion, insertion, pendant II (supplement) noun accessio, addendum, addere …   Law dictionary

• appendix — noun (plural dixes or appendices) Etymology: Latin appendic , appendix, from appendere Date: 1542 1. a. appendage b. supplementary material usually attached at the end of a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• appendix — noun /əˈpɛn.dɪks/ a) Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to but is not the main idea of the main text idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and… …   Wiktionary

• appendix — noun (plural appendices or appendixes) 1》 (also vermiform appendix) Anatomy a tube shaped sac attached to the lower end of the large intestine. 2》 a section of subsidiary matter at the end of a book. Origin C16 (in sense 2): from L., from… …   English new terms dictionary

• appendix — noun plural appendixes or appendices (C) 1 a small organ near your bowel (2) which has little or no use: have your appendix out (=have it removed) 2 a part at the end of a book containing additional information …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• appendix — noun there is a windchill table in the appendix Syn: supplement, addendum, postscript, codicil; coda, epilogue, afterword, tailpiece, back matter; attachment …   Thesaurus of popular words

• appendix — noun Syn: supplement, addendum, postscript, codicil, coda, epilogue, afterword, tailpiece …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary