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Definition of Vermiform appendix

Vermiform appendix
Vermiform Ver"mi*form, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.] Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum. Vermiform appendix (Anat.), a slender blind process of the c[ae]cum in man and some other animals; -- called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. See Illust. under Digestion.

Meaning of Vermiform appendix from wikipedia

- The appendix (pl.: appendices or appendixes; also vermiform appendix; cecal (or caecal) appendix; vermix; or vermiform process) is a finger-like, blind-ended...
- vermes (worms) and formes (shaped). A well known example is the vermiform appendix, a small, blind section of the gut in humans and a number of other...
- Appendix cancer, also known as appendiceal cancer, is a very rare malignant tumor that forms in the vermiform appendix. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors...
- appendicectomy (British English) is a surgical operation in which the vermiform appendix (a portion of the intestine) is removed. Appendectomy is normally...
- bacteria. Some herbivorous animals, such as rabbits, have a terminal vermiform appendix and ce**** that apparently bear patches of tissue with immune functions...
- "Experience with Early Operative Interference in Cases of Disease of the Vermiform Appendix"; New York Medical Journal, 1889, 50: 676–684 [pg 678]. Fasen, Geoffrey;...
- useless. A classic example at the level of gross anatomy is the human vermiform appendix, vestigial in the sense of retaining no significant digestive function...
- PMID 18687030. Fitz RH (1886). "Perforating inflammation of the vermiform appendix with special reference to its early diagnosis and treatment". American...
- mesoappendix of the vermiform appendix. It runs near the free margin of the mesoappendix and ends in branches which supply the appendix. Knipe, Henry. "Appendicular...
- body to deepen his knowledge of anatomy and to discover the inflamed vermiform appendix. When the mullahs discover what he has done, both Rob and Ibn Sina...