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appendix

(əpendɪks)
Word forms: plural appendixeslanguage note: In British English, the plural form appendices (əpendɪsiːz) is usually used for meaning [sense 2].
1. countable noun
Your appendix is a small closed tube inside your body which is attached to your digestive system.
...a burst appendix.
2. countable noun
An appendix to a book is extra information that is placed after the end of the main text.
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appendix in British English

(əˈpɛndɪks)
nounWord forms: plural -dices (-dɪˌsiːz) or -dixes
1. 
a body of separate additional material at the end of a book, magazine, etc, esp one that is documentary or explanatory
2. 
any part that is dependent or supplementary in nature or function; appendage
3.  anatomy vermiform appendix
Word origin
C16: from Latin: an appendage, from appendere to append

appendix in American English

(əˈpɛndɪks)
nounWord forms: plural apˈpendixes or apˈpendiˌces (əˈpɛndəˌsiz)
1. 
additional or supplementary material at the end of a book or other writing
2.  Anatomy
an outgrowth of an organ; esp., the vermiform appendix
Word origin
L, appendage < appendere, append

Examples of 'appendix' in a sentence
appendix

He then missed the beginning of the season that year after having an appendix operation.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The treatment is to remove the appendix often using keyhole surgery.
The Sun (2013)
She joined in the wild lifestyle until her appendix burst.
The Sun (2014)
He has trained only gingerly since an appendix operation at the end of last month.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was taken to hospital for an op to remove his appendix.
The Sun (2012)
Does having your appendix removed have any effect on your future health?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The age of the routine appendix operation could be at an end after a study found antibiotics were just as effective as surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And it brought her through a year-long recovery after she nearly died from a burst appendix.
Christianity Today (2000)
The 38-year-old was rushed into theatre for an emergency operation to remove his appendix.
The Sun (2008)
As many as one in six of the UK population will have their appendix removed at some stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Instead, within a matter of hours, she was being raced to hospital to have her appendix removed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
TWO months ago I was rushed into hospital for an emergency appendix operation.
The Sun (2009)

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In other languages
appendix

British English: appendix NOUN
Your appendix is a small closed tube in the right side of your body.
...a burst appendix.
  • American English: appendix
  • Brazilian Portuguese: apêndice
  • Chinese: 阑尾
  • European Spanish: apéndice
  • French: appendice
  • German: Blinddarm
  • Italian: appendice
  • Japanese: 虫垂
  • Korean: 맹장
  • European Portuguese: apêndice
  • Latin American Spanish: apéndice

Chinese translation of 'appendix'

appendix

(əˈpɛndɪks)
Word forms:pl appendices appendixes

n (c)

  1. (Anat) 阑(闌)尾 (lánwěi)
  2. (to publication) 附录(錄) (fùlù)
    to have one's appendix out 切除阑(闌)尾 (qiēchú lánwěi)
1 (noun) 
Definition
separate additional material at the end of a book
Details of the investigation are set out in the appendix.
Synonyms
supplement
the supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica
add-on
postscript
A brief, handwritten postscript lay beneath his signature.
adjunct
Physical therapy is an important adjunct to drug treatments.
appendage
A clever extension can create a modern appendage to the home.
addendum
If you are self-employed, you have to get an addendum to the tax form.
addition
This book is a worthy addition to the series.
codicil
2 (noun) 
Synonyms
vermiform appendix

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related adjective appendicular
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