appendix
[ uh-pen-diks ]
/ əˈpɛn dɪks /
noun, plural ap·pen·dix·es, ap·pen·di·ces [uh-pen-duh-seez] /əˈpɛn dəˌsiz/.
supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature.
an appendage.
Anatomy.
- a process or projection.
- vermiform appendix.
Aeronautics.
the short tube at the bottom of a balloon bag, by which the intake and release of buoyant gas is controlled.
Origin of appendix
1535–45; < Latin: appendage, equivalent to
append(ere) to
append +
-ix (equivalent to
-ic- noun suffix +
-s nominative singular ending)
synonym study for appendix
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. A
supplement, bound in the book or published separately, is given for comparison, as an enhancement, to provide corrections, to present later information, and the like:
A yearly supplement is issued.
usage note for appendix
Appendices, a plural borrowed directly from Latin, is sometimes used, especially in scholarly writing, to refer to supplementary material at the end of a book.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH appendix
appendix index supplement (see synonym study at the current entry)Words nearby appendix
Example sentences from the Web for appendix
British Dictionary definitions for appendix
appendix
/ (əˈpɛndɪks) /
noun plural -dices (-dɪˌsiːz) or -dixes
a body of separate additional material at the end of a book, magazine, etc, esp one that is documentary or explanatory
any part that is dependent or supplementary in nature or function; appendage
anatomy See vermiform appendix
Word Origin for appendix
C16: from Latin: an appendage, from
appendere to
append
Medical definitions for appendix
appendix
[ ə-pĕn′dĭks ]
n. pl. ap•pen•dix•es
A supplementary or an accessory part of an organ or a structure of the body.
The vermiform appendix.
Scientific definitions for appendix
appendix
[ ə-pĕn′dĭks ]
Plural appendixes appendices (ə-pĕn′-dĭ-sēz′)
A tubular projection attached to the cecum of the large intestine and located on the lower right side of the abdomen. Also called vermiform appendix
Cultural definitions for appendix
appendix
A small saclike organ located at the upper end of the large intestine. The appendix has no known function in present-day humans, but it may have played a role in the digestive system in humans of earlier times. The appendix is also called the vermiform appendix because of its wormlike (“vermiform”) shape.