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 

• VERMIFORM APPENDIX (noun)

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)