Appendix Definition
appendix
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English
Wikipedia has an article on: Appendix Intestinal tract, with the vermiform appendix highlighted.Etymology
From Latin appendix.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA: /əˈpɛn.dɪks/; SAMPA: /@"pEn.dIks/
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Noun
appendix (plural appendices or appendixes)
- (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 244:
- idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 244:
- Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to but is not the main idea of the main text
- (anatomy) The vermiform appendix, an inner organ without known use that can become inflamed.
Usage notes
The correct plural of appendix depends on the circumstances. When referring to the text at the end of a book or article, the plural is appendices. In the sense of the organ, appendixes is the only plural. Compare vacuum, which can pluralize to vacua or vacuums depending on the meaning.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From appendō (“hang upon”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA: /apˈpen.diks/
Noun
appendix (genitive appendicis); f, third declension
- supplement, addition
- appendage
- barberry (shrub)
Inflection
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Descendants
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Look up appendix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Appendix may refer to: In documents:
- Addendum, any addition to a document, such as a book or legal contract
- Bibliography, a systematic list of books and other works
- Index (publishing), a list of words or phrases with pointers to where related material can be found in a document
- Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to, but is not the main idea of, the main text
- Vermiform appendix (often referred to as simply the "appendix"), a part of the human digestive system
- Left auricular appendix, a conical pouch on the left atrium of the heart
- Right auricular appendix, a conical pouch on the right atrium of the heart
- Appendix of the epididymis, a detached efferent duct of the epididymis
- Appendix testis, a vestigial remnant of the Müllerian duct
- Epiploic appendix, one of several small pouches of fat on the peritoneum along the colon and rectum
- Appendix of the laryngeal ventricle, a sac that extends from the laryngeal ventricle
- Mesoappendix, the portion of the mesentery that connects the ileum to the vermiform appendix
See also
- Irregular English plurals—the word "appendix"