appendix
n. small sac attached to the intestines; addendum | ||||
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Appendix Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| DOD Dictionary of Military Terms |
appendix
A document appended to an annex of an operation order, operation plan, or other document to clarify or to give further details.
A document appended to an annex of an operation order, operation plan, or other document to clarify or to give further details.
Appendix Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Appendix
(n.)
Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
(n.)
Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
(n.)
Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.
(n.)
Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
| WordNet 2.0 |
appendix
Noun
1. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
(hypernym) addendum, supplement, postscript
(hyponym) shirttail
2. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
(synonym) vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage
(hypernym) process, outgrowth, appendage
(part-holonym) cecum, caecum, blind gut
Noun
1. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
(hypernym) addendum, supplement, postscript
(hyponym) shirttail
2. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
(synonym) vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage
(hypernym) process, outgrowth, appendage
(part-holonym) cecum, caecum, blind gut
| hEnglish - advanced version |
appendix
appendix
\ap*pen"dix\, n. the vermiform appendix.
appendix
\ap*pen"dix\ (&?;), n.; pl. e. appendixes (&?;), l. appendices (&?;). [l. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. see append.]
1. something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. normandy became an appendix to england. m. hale.
2. any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
similar words(2)
vermiform appendix
appendix vermiformis
appendix
\ap*pen"dix\, n. the vermiform appendix.
appendix
\ap*pen"dix\ (&?;), n.; pl. e. appendixes (&?;), l. appendices (&?;). [l. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. see append.]
1. something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. normandy became an appendix to england. m. hale.
2. any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
similar words(2)
vermiform appendix
appendix vermiformis
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
appendix
aipindic
aipindic
Appendix Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
appendix
A small, fingerlike pouch that sticks out from the cecum (the first part of the large intestine near the end of the small intestine).
A small, fingerlike pouch that sticks out from the cecum (the first part of the large intestine near the end of the small intestine).
| Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram) |
appendix
noun
(a) any small tube or sac hanging from an organ
(b)
(vermiform) appendix = small tube shaped like a worm, attached to the caecum, which serves no function but can become infected, causing appendicitis; she had her appendix removed; an operation to remove the appendix.
grumbling appendix = chronic appendicitis
(NOTE: plural is appendices)
noun
(a) any small tube or sac hanging from an organ
(b)
(vermiform) appendix = small tube shaped like a worm, attached to the caecum, which serves no function but can become infected, causing appendicitis; she had her appendix removed; an operation to remove the appendix.
grumbling appendix = chronic appendicitis
(NOTE: plural is appendices)
Appendix (vermiform appendix)
A small outpouching from the beginning of the large intestine. Formally called the vermiform appendix because it is wormlike.
Appendix epididymis
A small cystic projection from the surface of the epididymus which represents a remnant the embryologic mesonephros.
Appendix epiploica
A finger-like projection of fat attached to the colon.
Appendix testis
A small solid projection of tissue on the outer surface of the testis which is a remnant of the embryologic mullerian duct.
| NIDDK Digestive Diseases Dictionary |
Appendix
(uh-PEN-diks)
A 4-inch pouch attached to the first part of the large intestine (cecum). No one knows what function the appendix has, if any.
(uh-PEN-diks)
A 4-inch pouch attached to the first part of the large intestine (cecum). No one knows what function the appendix has, if any.
Appendix Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
appendix
N F
appendix| supplement| annex; appendage| ADJunct; hanger on; barberry bush/fruit
N F
appendix| supplement| annex; appendage| ADJunct; hanger on; barberry bush/fruit
Appendix Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Appendix
Appendix, from the Latin word of the same name, may refer to an Index / Bibliography.
- Appendix (book design) a reference section at the end of a book
- In law an appendix is an addition or addendum to a contract
- In anatomy - a section at the end of an organ; in particular the vermiform appendix, a part of the human digestive system. Also: right auricular appendix and left auricular appendix
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