| NOUN | body | vermiform appendix, appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage | a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch |
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| Meaning | A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch. | |
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| Synonyms | appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage | |
| Part of | cecum, caecum, blind gut | The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens |
| Broader | process, outgrowth, appendage | A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
| Spanish | apéndice cecal, apéndice, apéndice vermiforme | |
| Catalan | apèndix, apèndix vermiforme | |
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