appendix (noun)
31auricular appendage — noun a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart • Syn: ↑auricula, ↑auricular appendix • Hypernyms: ↑pouch, ↑pocket • Part Holonyms: ↑atrium cordis, ↑atrium of the …
32appendectomy — noun (plural mies) Etymology: Latin appendic , appendix + English ectomy Date: circa 1895 surgical removal of the vermiform appendix …
33cecal appendage — noun a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch • Syn: ↑appendix, ↑vermiform appendix, ↑vermiform process • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage …
34appendicularia — noun free swimming tadpole shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates • Hypernyms: ↑tunicate, ↑urochordate, ↑urochord • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Appendicularia * * * Appendicularia /a pən dik ū lārˈi ə/ noun A genus of ascidians… …
35ileocolic artery — noun an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon • Syn: ↑arteria ileocolica • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial… …
36appendicitis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1886 inflammation of the vermiform appendix …
37codicil — noun Etymology: Middle English codicill, from Anglo French *codicille, from Latin codicillus, diminutive of codic , codex Date: 15th century 1. a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will 2. appendix, supplement • codicillary ad …
38excursus — noun (plural excursuses; also excursus) Etymology: Latin, digression, from excurrere Date: 1803 an appendix or digression that contains further exposition of some point or topic …
39hilar appendage — noun The part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium. Syn: hilar appendix …
40addendum — noun a) Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document. b) A postscript …
