vermiform
AdjectiveSynonyms:
worm-shaped
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindricalSynonyms: worm-shaped
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ver′mi·form adjective
Origin: L. vermis a worm + -form.
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
Vermiform appendix Anatomy, a slender blind process of the caecum in man and some other animals; — called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. See Illust. under Digestion.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54