vermiform appendix
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Noun (1)
- a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouchSynonyms: appendixvermiform processcecal appendage
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Vermiform appendix
Anatomy, a slender blind process of the caecum 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.
From the entry Vermiform.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54