Phrase guide

vermiform appendix

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum. Of disputed function (if any), it is known for sometimes causing inflammation (appendicitis) in humans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: appendix, vermiformis

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: process, outgrowth, appendage

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: blindederm — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Albanian: zorrë qorre — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Arabic: اَلزَّائِدَة اَلدُّودِيَّة (az-zāʔida d-dūdiyya) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Arabic: اَلْمُصْرَان اَلْأَعْوَر (al-muṣrān al-ʔaʕwar) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Arabic: زَائِدَة دُودِيَّة — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Arabic: الزايدة الدودية (e-zayda e-dudeya) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Arabic: المصران الأعور (el muṣraan el ʔaʕwar) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Armenian: որդանման ելուն (ordanman elun) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Asturian: apéndiz — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Azerbaijani: kor bağırsaq — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Belarusian: апендыкс (apjendyks) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Belarusian: чэрвепадобны адростак сляпой кішкі (červjepadóbny adróstak sljapój kiški) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Bulgarian: апендикс (apendiks) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Catalan: apèndix vermiforme — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Catalan: apèndix — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 闌尾 /阑尾 (lánwěi) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Czech: slepé střevo — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Czech: apendix — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Danish: blindtarm — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Dutch: blindedarm — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Dutch: wormvormig aanhangsel — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Esperanto: apendico — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Finnish: umpilisäke — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • French: appendice iléo-cæcal — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • French: appendice vermiculaire — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • French: appendice — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Galician: apéndice — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • German: Blinddarm — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • German: Appendix — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • German: Wurmfortsatz — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Greek: σκωληκοειδής απόφυση (skolikoeidís apófysi) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Greek: απόφυση (apófysi) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Hebrew: תוספתן (toseftán) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Hebrew: תוספתן (tosaftán) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Hindi: परिशिष्ट (pariśiṣṭ) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Hungarian: vakbél — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Hungarian: féregnyúlvány — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Icelandic: botnlangi — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Icelandic: botnlangatota — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Indonesian: apendiks — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Indonesian: umbai cacing — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Indonesian: usus buntu — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Irish: aipindic phéistchruthach — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Irish: aipindic — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Italian: appendice — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Japanese: 虫垂 (chūsui) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Japanese: 盲腸 (mōcho) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Kazakh: соқырішек (soqyrışek) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Khmer: ខ្នែងពោះវៀន (khnaeng pŭəh viən) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Korean: 충수 (chungsu) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Korean: 맹장 (maengjang) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Northern Kurdish: rûviya zêde — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Latin: appendix vermiformis — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Macedonian: сле́по цре́во (slépo crévo) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Malayalam: വിരരൂപ പരിശോഷിക (virarūpa pariśōṣika) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Maltese: il-musrana l-għamja — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Māori: weu whēkau — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Māori: hiku whēkau — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Navajo: achʼííʼ bitsʼániʼnísą́ — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blindtarm — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: appendiks — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blindtarm — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: appendiks — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шлєпе черево (šljepe čerevo) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Persian: آپاندیس (âpândis) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Polish: wyrostek robaczkowy — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Polish: wyrostek — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Portuguese: apêndice vermiforme — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Portuguese: apêndice cecal — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Portuguese: apêndice — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Romanian: apendice — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Russian: червеобра́зный отро́сток (červeobráznyj otróstok) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Russian: аппе́ндикс (appéndiks) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Scottish Gaelic: aipeandaig — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Slovak: červovitý prívesok — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Slovak: apendix — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Slovene: slepič — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Spanish: apéndice vermiforme — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Spanish: apéndice — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Spanish: apéndice vermicular — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Spanish: apéndice cecal — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Swedish: blindtarm — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Swedish: appendix — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Tagalog: malabulating hugpong — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Tagalog: hugpong — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Tamil: குடல்வால் (kuṭalvāl) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Thai: ไส้ติ่ง (sâi-dtìng) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Turkish: kör bağırsak — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Turkish: apandis — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Ukrainian: апе́ндикс (apéndyks) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Ukrainian: червоподі́бний відро́сток (červopodíbnyj vidróstok) — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Uzbek: dirihablʼ — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Vietnamese: ruột thừa — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Volapük: kekun — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Welsh: coluddyn crog — blind tube projecting from the caecum
  • Welsh: pendics — blind tube projecting from the caecum