APPENDIX (appendices)

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Irregular inflected form: appendices   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does appendix mean? 

• APPENDIX (noun)
  The noun APPENDIX has 2 senses:

1. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

2. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

  Familiarity information: APPENDIX used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPENDIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

addendum; postscript; supplement (textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end)

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

shirttail (a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article)

codicil (a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

appendix; cecal appendage; vermiform appendix; vermiform process

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

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Holonyms ("appendix" is a part of...):

blind gut; caecum; cecum (the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens)

 Context examples 

A benign adipose tissue neoplasm involving the wall of the appendix.

(Appendix Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A lymphoma arising from the appendix.

(Appendix Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A well-circumscribed benign smooth muscle neoplasm arising from the appendix.

(Appendix Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive, high-grade and poorly differentiated carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation that arises from the appendix.

(Appendix Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic polyp that arises from the appendix.

(Appendix Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A neuroendocrine tumor arising from the wall of the appendix, producing glucagon-like peptides.

(Appendix L-Cell Glucagon-Like Peptide-Producing Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the appendix.

(Appendix Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma arising from the appendix, characterized by the presence of mucinous stroma formation.

(Appendix Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoid tumor that arises from the jejunum, ileum, proximal colon, or appendix.

(Midgut Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It may arise from the ovary, pancreas, appendix, and lung.

(Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)