Definitions for Appendixəˈpɛn dɪks; -dəˌsiz

This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word Appendix

Princeton's WordNet

  1. appendix(noun)


  2. appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage(noun)



  1. appendix(Noun)

    Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.

  2. appendix(Noun)

    Specifically, a text added to the end of a book or an article, containing information that is important to but is not the main idea of the main text

  3. appendix(Noun)

    The vermiform appendix, an inner organ without known use that can become inflamed.

  4. Origin: From appendix.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Appendix(noun)

    something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant

  2. Appendix(noun)



  1. Appendix

    Appendix is a punk band from Pori, Finland.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Appendix

    A worm-like blind tube extension from the CECUM.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. appendix

    A document appended to an annex of an operation order, operation plan, or other document to clarify or to give further details.

Editors Contribution

  1. appendix

    Appendix is a narrow tube which is connected to the cecum in humans and other mammals.

    In humans the appendix is small but in rabbits, hares, and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose:

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Appendix' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3464

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Appendix' in Nouns Frequency: #1937


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Appendix in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Appendix in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. Robert Burton:

    Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

  2. Gregory Jack:

    If they’ve never had a stone before, if it’s on the right side they always think it’s a burst appendix. If it’s on the left, they come in thinking it’s a heart attack. They’re that awful, they’re that painful.

  3. Rafa Nadal:

    It was not an easy year, especially in the second half it was hard, but that's part of my life, that's part of my career, and I accept that, What happened with my wrist and then appendix -- it was problem and then problems again. .

  4. Peter Hallowell:

    The current data of what we consider ‘early mortality’ in the first 30 days is basically about two people in about 1000, which is less than the mortality rate associated with having a gallbladder removed and it's getting down on the order of having your appendix removed.

  5. Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.:


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