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vermiform appendix
(encz) | vermiform appendix,slepé střevo Zdeněk Brož |
Vermiform appendix
(gcide) | Vermiform \Ver"mi*form\, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.]
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the
vermiform process of the cerebellum.
[1913 Webster]
Vermiform appendix (Anat.), 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.
[1913 Webster] |
vermiform appendix
(wn) | vermiform appendix
n 1: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the
cecum and that resembles a small pouch [syn: appendix,
vermiform appendix, vermiform process, {cecal
appendage}] |
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