APPENDIX

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

appendix

(noun) supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

appendix (plural appendices or appendixes)

(obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.

A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.

(anatomy) The vermiform appendix, an inner organ that can become inflamed.

(anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.

Usage notes

Both plural forms are found in various major dictionaries

Synonyms

• (something attached): addition, attachment; See also adjunct

Source: Wiktionary

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Ap*pen"dix, n.; pl. E. Appendixes, L. Appendices(#). Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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