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- 1. a tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals. In humans the appendix is small and has no known function, but in rabbits, hares, and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose: "I'm merely standing in while Stella is having her appendix out"
- 2. a section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document: "a list of such activities was published as an appendix to the report"
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noun. ap· pen· dix ə-ˈpen-diks. plural appendixes or appendices ə-ˈpen-də-ˌsēz. Synonyms of appendix. 1. a. : appendage. b. : supplementary material usually attached at the end of a piece of writing. The book's appendix includes a bibliography. 2. : a bodily outgrowth or process. specifically : vermiform appendix. Synonyms. addendum. afterword.
appendix noun [C] (BOOK PART) plural appendixes or appendices uk / əˈpen.dɪ.siːz / us / əˈpen.dɪ.siːz /. a separate part at the end of a book or magazine that gives extra information: There's an appendix at the end of the book with a list of dates. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Sep 11, 2024 · Appendix, in anatomy, a vestigial hollow tube that is closed at one end and is attached at the other end to the cecum, a pouchlike beginning of the large intestine into which the small intestine empties its contents.
appendix, supplement both mean material added at the end of a book. An appendix gives useful additional information, but even without it the rest of the book is complete: In the appendix are forty detailed charts.
Appendix definition: supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature.. See examples of APPENDIX used in a sentence.
Definition of appendix noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A tubular projection attached to the cecum of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals. ♦ Inflammation of the appendix is called appendicitis (ə-pĕn′dĭ-sī′tĭs). ♦ Surgical removal of the appendix is called an appendectomy (ăp′ən-dĕk′tə-mē).
A part of a book, document, or other piece of writing, located after the main body of the work, and consisting of additional or subsidiary material, information, data, etc. 1549. The Commentaries, contaynyng the solemnities of their religion wyth manye other appendixes. T. Solme in H. Latimer, 2nd Sermon before Kynges Maiestie To Reader sig. Aii.
APPENDIX definition: 1. a small tube-shaped part inside the body below the stomach, attached to the large intestine 2. a…. Learn more.
Definitions of appendix. noun. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch. synonyms: cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process. see more. noun. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book. see more. Pronunciation. US. /əˈpɛndɪks/ UK. /əˈpɛndɪks/
