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ap·pen·dix
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appendicitis
Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful. -
supplement
something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole. -
appendiceal
of or relating to the vermiform appendix. -
index
(in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter. -
mesoappendix
the mesentery of the vermiform appendix. -
vermiform appendix
a narrow, blind tube protruding from the cecum, having no known useful function, in humans being 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and situated in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen.