appendix (noun)
21vermiform appendix — noun a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch • Syn: ↑appendix, ↑vermiform process, ↑cecal appendage • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage …
22auricular appendix — noun a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart • Syn: ↑auricula, ↑auricular appendage • Hypernyms: ↑pouch, ↑pocket • Part Holonyms: ↑atrium cordis, ↑atrium of t …
23vermiform appendix — noun Date: 1778 a narrow blind tube usually about three to four inches (8 to 10 centimeters) long that extends from the cecum in the lower right hand part of the abdomen …
24hilar appendix — noun The part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium. Syn: hilar appendage …
25ensiform appendix — noun see ensiform cartilage …
26Collective noun — In linguistics, a collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, concepts, or other things. For example, in the phrase a pride of lions , pride is a collective noun.… …
27vermiform appendix — /vɜməfɔm əˈpɛndɪks/ (say vermuhfawm uh pendiks) noun a narrow, blind tube protruding from the caecum, situated in the lower right hand part of the abdomen in humans, and having no known useful function, its diameter being about that of a pencil… …
28vermiform process — noun a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch • Syn: ↑appendix, ↑vermiform appendix, ↑cecal appendage • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage …
29mesoappendix — “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from mes + appendix : the mesentery of the vermiform appendix * * * mesoappendiceal /mez oh ap euhn dish euhl, euh pen di see euhl, mes , mee zoh , soh /, adj. /mez oh euh pen diks, mes , mee zoh , soh /, n., pl.… …
30blind gut — noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum • Syn: ↑cecum, ↑caecum • Derivationally related forms: ↑caecal (for: ↑caecum), ↑ …
