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Appendix

Appendix Meaning & Definition
Appendix Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Appendix?

[n] a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
[n] supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

Synonyms | Synonyms for Appendix: cecal appendage | vermiform appendix | vermiform process

Related Terms | Find terms related to Appendix: abdomen | accessory | addendum | adjunct | affix | afterthought | allonge | anus | appurtenance | back matter | blind gut | bowels | brain | cecum | chorus | coda | codicil | colon | colophon | commentary | conclusion | consequence | continuance | continuation | double take | duodenum | dying words | enclitic | endocardium | entrails | envoi | epilogue | follow-through | follow-up | foregut | giblets | gizzard | guts | heart | hindgut | infix | innards | inner mechanism | insides | interlineation | internals | interpolation | intestine | inwards | jejunum | kidney | kishkes | large intestine | last words | liver | liver and lights | lung | marginalia | midgut | note | Parthian shot | parting shot | perineum | peroration | postface | postfix | postlude | postscript | prefix | proclitic | PS | pump | pylorus | rectum | refrain | rider | scholia | second thought | sequel | sequela | sequelae | sequelant | sequent | sequitur | small intestine | spleen | stomach | subscript | suffix | supplement | swan song | tag | tail | ticker | tripes | vermiform appendix | viscera | vitals | works

See Also | addendum | appendage | blind gut | caecum | cecum | codicil | outgrowth | postscript | process | shirttail | supplement

Appendix In Webster's Dictionary

\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. --Sir 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. Syn: See {Supplement}.
\Ap*pen"dix\, n. The vermiform appendix.

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