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- Dictionaryap·pen·dix/əˈpendiks/
noun
- 1. a tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals: "I'm merely standing in while Stella is having her appendix out"
- 2. a section or table of additional matter at the end of a book or document: "a list of such activities was published as an appendix to the report"
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1. a. : appendage. b. : supplementary material usually attached at the end of a piece of writing. The book's appendix includes a bibliography. 2. : a bodily outgrowth or process. specifically : vermiform appendix. Synonyms. addendum. afterword. codicil. excursus. supplement. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
appendix noun [C] (BOOK PART) plural appendixes or appendices uk / əˈpen.dɪ.siːz / us / əˈpen.dɪ.siːz /. a separate part at the end of a book or magazine that gives extra information: There's an appendix at the end of the book with a list of dates. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
appendix, supplement both mean material added at the end of a book. An appendix gives useful additional information, but even without it the rest of the book is complete: In the appendix are forty detailed charts.
Appendix definition: supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature.. See examples of APPENDIX used in a sentence.
Definitions of appendix. noun. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch. synonyms: cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process. see more. noun. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book. see more. Pronunciation. US. /əˈpɛndɪks/ UK. /əˈpɛndɪks/
Definition of appendix noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A tubular projection attached to the cecum of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals. ♦ Inflammation of the appendix is called appendicitis (ə-pĕn′dĭ-sī′tĭs). ♦ Surgical removal of the appendix is called an appendectomy (ăp′ən-dĕk′tə-mē).
appendix noun. Meaning & use. 1. 1547–1749. † A consequence; a subsidiary or corollary fact, property, conclusion, etc. Usually with to or of. Cf. appendage n. 2. Obsolete. 1547. The Apendex to all the premysses folowethe. A. Borde, Breuiary of Helthe i. App. f. vi v. 1578. His promise was an addition, or an appendix of that principal point.
APPENDIX meaning: 1 : a section of extra information added at the end of a book; 2 : a small tube at the beginning of the large intestine that can be removed by surgery if it becomes infected.
Your appendix is a small closed tube inside your body that is attached to your digestive system. 2. An appendix to a book is extra information that is placed after the end of the main text.
