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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appendix, vermiformis
Antonyms: none provided
a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: process, outgrowth, appendage
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
blindederm
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Albanian:
zorrë qorre
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Arabic:
اَلزَّائِدَة اَلدُّودِيَّة
(az-zāʔida d-dūdiyya)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Arabic:
اَلْمُصْرَان اَلْأَعْوَر
(al-muṣrān al-ʔaʕwar)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Arabic:
زَائِدَة دُودِيَّة
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Arabic:
الزايدة الدودية
(e-zayda e-dudeya)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Arabic:
المصران الأعور
(el muṣraan el ʔaʕwar)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Armenian:
որդանման ելուն
(ordanman elun)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Asturian:
apéndiz
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Azerbaijani:
kor bağırsaq
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Belarusian:
апендыкс
(apjendyks)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Belarusian:
чэрвепадобны адростак сляпой кішкі
(červjepadóbny adróstak sljapój kiški)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Bulgarian:
апендикс
(apendiks)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Catalan:
apèndix vermiforme
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Catalan:
apèndix
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Chinese Mandarin:
闌尾 /阑尾
(lánwěi)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Czech:
slepé střevo
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Czech:
apendix
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Danish:
blindtarm
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Dutch:
blindedarm
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Dutch:
wormvormig aanhangsel
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Esperanto:
apendico
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Finnish:
umpilisäke
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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French:
appendice iléo-cæcal
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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French:
appendice vermiculaire
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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French:
appendice
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Galician:
apéndice
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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German:
Blinddarm
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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German:
Appendix
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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German:
Wurmfortsatz
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Greek:
σκωληκοειδής απόφυση
(skolikoeidís apófysi)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Greek:
απόφυση
(apófysi)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Hebrew:
תוספתן
(toseftán)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Hebrew:
תוספתן
(tosaftán)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Hindi:
परिशिष्ट
(pariśiṣṭ)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Hungarian:
vakbél
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Hungarian:
féregnyúlvány
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Icelandic:
botnlangi
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Icelandic:
botnlangatota
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Indonesian:
apendiks
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Indonesian:
umbai cacing
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Indonesian:
usus buntu
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Irish:
aipindic phéistchruthach
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Irish:
aipindic
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Italian:
appendice
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Japanese:
虫垂
(chūsui)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Japanese:
盲腸
(mōcho)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Kazakh:
соқырішек
(soqyrışek)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Khmer:
ខ្នែងពោះវៀន
(khnaeng pŭəh viən)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Korean:
충수
(chungsu)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Korean:
맹장
(maengjang)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Northern Kurdish:
rûviya zêde
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Latin:
appendix vermiformis
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Macedonian:
сле́по цре́во
(slépo crévo)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Malayalam:
വിരരൂപ പരിശോഷിക
(virarūpa pariśōṣika)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Maltese:
il-musrana l-għamja
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Māori:
weu whēkau
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Māori:
hiku whēkau
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Navajo:
achʼííʼ bitsʼániʼnísą́
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Norwegian Bokmål:
blindtarm
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Norwegian Bokmål:
appendiks
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
blindtarm
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
appendiks
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Pannonian Rusyn:
шлєпе черево
(šljepe čerevo)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Persian:
آپاندیس
(âpândis)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Polish:
wyrostek robaczkowy
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Polish:
wyrostek
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Portuguese:
apêndice vermiforme
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Portuguese:
apêndice cecal
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Portuguese:
apêndice
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Romanian:
apendice
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Russian:
червеобра́зный отро́сток
(červeobráznyj otróstok)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Russian:
аппе́ндикс
(appéndiks)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Scottish Gaelic:
aipeandaig
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Slovak:
červovitý prívesok
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Slovak:
apendix
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Slovene:
slepič
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Spanish:
apéndice vermiforme
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Spanish:
apéndice
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Spanish:
apéndice vermicular
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Spanish:
apéndice cecal
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Swedish:
blindtarm
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Swedish:
appendix
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Tagalog:
malabulating hugpong
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Tagalog:
hugpong
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Tamil:
குடல்வால்
(kuṭalvāl)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Thai:
ไส้ติ่ง
(sâi-dtìng)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Turkish:
kör bağırsak
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Turkish:
apandis
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Ukrainian:
апе́ндикс
(apéndyks)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Ukrainian:
червоподі́бний відро́сток
(červopodíbnyj vidróstok)
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Uzbek:
dirihablʼ
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Vietnamese:
ruột thừa
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Volapük:
kekun
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Welsh:
coluddyn crog
— blind tube projecting from the caecum
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Welsh:
pendics
— blind tube projecting from the caecum