APPENDAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appendage mean? 

• APPENDAGE (noun)
  The noun APPENDAGE has 3 senses:

1. an external body part that projects from the body

2. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

3. a part that is joined to something larger

  Familiarity information: APPENDAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPENDAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An external body part that projects from the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

appendage; extremity; member

Context example:

it is important to keep the extremities warm

Hypernyms ("appendage" is a kind of...):

external body part (any body part visible externally)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appendage"):

chelicera (either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing)

mouthpart (any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding)

fang (an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs)

chela; claw; nipper; pincer (a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods)

parapodium (one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing)

fin (organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals)

pleopod; swimmeret (one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming)

limb (one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper)

dactyl; digit (a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

appendage; outgrowth; process

Context example:

a bony process

Hypernyms ("appendage" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appendage"):

epicondyle (a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles and ligaments)

apophysis ((anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra)

fimbria (thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube))

spicule; spiculum (small pointed structure serving as a skeletal element in various marine and freshwater invertebrates e.g. sponges and corals)

osteophyte (small abnormal bony outgrowth)

papilla (a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather)

papilla (a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell)

appendix; cecal appendage; vermiform appendix; vermiform process (a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch)

mastoid; mastoid bone; mastoid process; mastoidal (process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull)

styloid process (extends from the base of the temporal bone)

pterygoid process (two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone)

eminence; tubercle; tuberosity (a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament)

zygomatic process (a slender process of the temporal bone that strengthens the zygomatic arch)

trochanter (one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached)

transverse process (one of two processes that extend from each vertebra and provide the point of articulation for the ribs)

odontoid process (a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck)

metaphysis (the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis)

olecranon; olecranon process (process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended)

ridge (any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane)

excrescence ((pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body)

papilla ((botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf)

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

condyle (a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone)

horn (one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates)

horn (any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn)

crest (a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal)

pseudopod; pseudopodium (temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion)

flagellum (a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa))

hair (a filamentous projection or process on an organism)

cirrus (a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile)

spine (a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin)

aculea (small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects)

style (a slender bristlelike or tubular process)

villus (a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane)

fetlock (projection behind and above a horse's hoof)

coronoid process; processus coronoideus (a sharp triangular process projecting from a bone)

caruncle; caruncula (an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds)

acrosome (a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg)

alveolar process; alveolar ridge; gum ridge (a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth)

alveolar arch (the part of the upper or lower jawbones in which the teeth are set)

ala (a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism)

acromial process; acromion (the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade)

arista (bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies)

tentacle (any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion)

tail (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A part that is joined to something larger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("appendage" is a kind of...):

part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appendage"):

handhold (an appendage to hold onto)

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

tailpiece (appendage added to extend the length of something)

appendicle (a small appendage)

Derivation:

append (fix to; attach)

append (add to the very end)

 Context examples 

This gene plays a role in the development of epidermal appendages.

(KRT17 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the development of hair follicles and other skin appendages.

(Keratin, Type I Cytoskeletal 17, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the development of limbs and appendages.

(HOXD13 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in transcriptional modulation that mediates limb and appendage formation.

(Homeobox Protein Hox-D13, NCI Thesaurus)

Epiploic appendages, pieces of fat-filled connective tissue, are attached to the outer surface of the colon.

(Large Intestinal Wall Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)

An occasional sacculation or appendage of the ileum, derived from an unobliterated yolk stalk.

(Meckel Diverticulum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Infection may be confined to the uterus (ENDOMETRITIS), the FALLOPIAN TUBES (SALPINGITIS), the ovaries (OOPHORITIS), the supporting ligaments (PARAMETRITIS), or may involve several of the above uterine appendages.

(Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The appendages of the UTERUS: the FALLOPIAN TUBES, OVARIES, and supporting ligaments of the uterus.

(Murine Uterine Adnexa, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Is an organ that consists of the dermis, epidermis and skin appendages.

(Murine Skin, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)

The skin covering the fingers or appendages of the hand.

(Hand Digit Skin, NCI Thesaurus)