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Definition of appendix in English: appendixnounPlural appendices, Plural appendixes əˈpɛndɪksəˈpɛndɪks 1Anatomy A tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals. In humans the appendix is small and has no known function, but in rabbits, hares, and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose. I'm merely standing in while Stella is having her appendix out Also called vermiform appendix Example sentencesExamples - This is a rare tumour that usually affects the appendix or the small intestine.
- The inside of the appendix forms a cul-de-sac that usually opens into the large intestine.
- I found the appendix normal, but next to the appendix there was a caecum which had very strange, greasy patches.
- The myenteric plexus of appendices in children older than 3 years had thinner nerve branches and smaller ganglia than the colon specimens of the same age.
- A programme of testing several thousand pathological specimens of appendixes and tonsils was started.
2A section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document. a list of such activities was published as an appendix to the report outline answers may be found in Appendix 2 Example sentencesExamples - The final section consists of seven appendices and extensive notes, an absorbing read in themselves.
- It is referred to in the appendix to the report, although it is not tabled as such.
- In recognition of this we include a short appendix to Chapter 3 with some of the relevant elementary mathematics.
- Below is an appendix to the first essay I'm working on mentioned in the previous post.
- Allegations against five other priests were included in an appendix to the report, published on Tuesday.
- The book concludes with detailed appendices, chapter notes, and a glossary.
- Six sections and six appendices comprise the 213 pages of the book.
- It is this omission which prompts question 5 as set out in the appendix to this judgment.
- A list of categories of classified information was voted as an appendix to the act.
- These codes were set out in an appendix to the leaflet, as follows.
- Oral evidence was given by 27 witnesses whose names and employment are listed in an appendix to this decision.
- The book contains appropriate appendixes, which document the evolutionary improvement of tank formations, and excellent photographs, and maps that adequately depict the war.
- The link between assessment and practice has been made clearer throughout the book and important documentation formerly in appendices has been placed in the text.
- Those interested in the more arcane hagiographical matters will enjoy the appendices to this readable volume.
- I have reviewed this subject in accordance with my findings in an appendix to a work that I propose to publish when circumstances permit.
- There are two matters which I wish to add by way of an appendix to this judgment.
- In the appendix to the chapter he suggests the standard deviation as a measure of risk.
- In an appendix to Volume 2, the author addresses the question of how people were saved in Old Testament times before the coming of Christ.
- Such lists may be long enough to be documents in their own right or published as works of reference, but most are appendices to books, articles, and dissertations.
- His recipe for this amalgam is included as an appendix to the present book.
Synonyms supplement, addendum, postscript, codicil addition, extension, continuation, adjunct, appendage coda, epilogue, afterword, rider, sequel, tailpiece, back matter rare postlude
Usage Appendix typically has the plural appendixes in the anatomical sense, and appendices when referring to a part of a book or document Origin Mid 16th century (in sense 2): from Latin, from appendere 'hang upon' (see append). sense 1 dates from the early 17th century. The appendix is a tube-shaped sac attached to the lower end of the large intestine. The word comes directly from Latin and is based on appendere ‘to hang on’, the source of other English words such as append (Late Middle English), and appendage (mid 17th century). It is first recorded in the sense ‘section of extra matter at the end of a book or document’, the anatomy term appears early in the 17th century.
Definition of appendix in US English: appendixnounəˈpɛndɪksəˈpendiks 1Anatomy A tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals. In humans the appendix is small and has no known function, but in rabbits, hares, and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose Also called vermiform appendix Example sentencesExamples - I found the appendix normal, but next to the appendix there was a caecum which had very strange, greasy patches.
- The myenteric plexus of appendices in children older than 3 years had thinner nerve branches and smaller ganglia than the colon specimens of the same age.
- This is a rare tumour that usually affects the appendix or the small intestine.
- A programme of testing several thousand pathological specimens of appendixes and tonsils was started.
- The inside of the appendix forms a cul-de-sac that usually opens into the large intestine.
2A 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 outline answers may be found in Appendix 2 Example sentencesExamples - It is referred to in the appendix to the report, although it is not tabled as such.
- Six sections and six appendices comprise the 213 pages of the book.
- The book contains appropriate appendixes, which document the evolutionary improvement of tank formations, and excellent photographs, and maps that adequately depict the war.
- There are two matters which I wish to add by way of an appendix to this judgment.
- In recognition of this we include a short appendix to Chapter 3 with some of the relevant elementary mathematics.
- I have reviewed this subject in accordance with my findings in an appendix to a work that I propose to publish when circumstances permit.
- These codes were set out in an appendix to the leaflet, as follows.
- Below is an appendix to the first essay I'm working on mentioned in the previous post.
- His recipe for this amalgam is included as an appendix to the present book.
- Allegations against five other priests were included in an appendix to the report, published on Tuesday.
- In the appendix to the chapter he suggests the standard deviation as a measure of risk.
- The final section consists of seven appendices and extensive notes, an absorbing read in themselves.
- The link between assessment and practice has been made clearer throughout the book and important documentation formerly in appendices has been placed in the text.
- Oral evidence was given by 27 witnesses whose names and employment are listed in an appendix to this decision.
- A list of categories of classified information was voted as an appendix to the act.
- In an appendix to Volume 2, the author addresses the question of how people were saved in Old Testament times before the coming of Christ.
- Those interested in the more arcane hagiographical matters will enjoy the appendices to this readable volume.
- The book concludes with detailed appendices, chapter notes, and a glossary.
- Such lists may be long enough to be documents in their own right or published as works of reference, but most are appendices to books, articles, and dissertations.
- It is this omission which prompts question 5 as set out in the appendix to this judgment.
Synonyms supplement, addendum, postscript, codicil
Usage Appendix typically has the plural appendixes in the anatomical sense, and appendices when referring to a part of a book or document Origin Mid 16th century (in appendix (sense 2)): from Latin, from appendere ‘hang upon’ (see append). appendix (sense 1) dates from the early 17th century. |