vermiform appendix

English

Intestinal tract, with the vermiform appendix highlighted.

vermiform appendix (plural vermiform appendices or vermiform appendixes)

(anatomy) An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum, without a known function.
Synonym: appendix

Terms derived from vermiform appendix

blind tube projecting from the caecum

Arabic: اَلزَّائِدَة اَلدُّودِيَّة‎‎ f (az-zāʾida d-dūdiyya), اَلْمُصْرَان اَلْأَعْوَر‎‎ m (al-muṣrān al-ʾaʿwar)
Egyptian Arabic: الزايدة الدودية‎‎ f (e-zayda e-dudeya), المصران الأعور‎‎ m (el muṣraan el ʔaʕwar)
Catalan: apèndix vermiforme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 闌尾 (zh), 阑尾 (zh) (lánwěi)
Czech: slepé střevo (cs) n
Finnish: umpilisäke (fi)
French: appendice iléo-cæcal m, appendice vermiculaire m
German: Wurmfortsatz m
Greek: σκωληκοειδής απόφυση (el) f (skolikoeidís apófysi)
Hungarian: féregnyúlvány (hu)
Icelandic: botnlangi (is) m, botnlangatota f

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