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VERMIFORM APPENDIX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vermiform appendix mean?
• VERMIFORM APPENDIX (noun)
The noun VERMIFORM APPENDIX has 1 sense:
1. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
Familiarity information: VERMIFORM APPENDIX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("vermiform appendix" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Holonyms ("vermiform 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
Acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
(Acute Appendicitis, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by acute inflammation to the vermiform appendix caused by a pathogenic agent.
(Acute Appendicitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix, using a laparoscope.
(Laparoscopic Appendectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix.
(Appendectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgical removal of the vermiform appendix, performed incidentally to another primary surgical procedure.
(Incidental Appendectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
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