Definitions for vermiform appendix
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ver′miform appen′dix(n.)
Category: Anatomy
Ref: appendix (def. 3). 3 2
Origin of vermiform appendix:
1770–80
Princeton's WordNet
appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage(noun)
a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
Wiktionary
vermiform appendix(Noun)
An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum, without a known function.
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