appendix
noun
ap·pen·dix
ə-ˈpen-diks 
plural appendixes or appendices
ə-ˈpen-də-ˌsēz
1
a
b
: supplementary material usually attached at the end of a piece of writing
The book's appendix includes a bibliography.
2
: a bodily outgrowth or process
specifically
: vermiform appendix
Examples of appendix in a Sentence
In your textbooks, turn to Appendix 3: Glossary of Terms.
The book has several appendixes.
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After his collapse, Houdini was taken to Grace Hospital, where doctors removed his ruptured appendix.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
Then it was called off because of his inflamed appendix.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
The very existence of the vice presidential office has often been viewed rather like an appendix, an afterthought of the Founding Fathers.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 22 June 2024
Attached to the company’s brief on Thursday was an appendix containing the entire 103-page draft agreement.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 20 June 2024
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Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
Then it was called off because of his inflamed appendix.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
The very existence of the vice presidential office has often been viewed rather like an appendix, an afterthought of the Founding Fathers.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 22 June 2024
Attached to the company’s brief on Thursday was an appendix containing the entire 103-page draft agreement.
—Brian Fung, CNN, 20 June 2024
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appendix
noun
ap·pen·dix
ə-ˈpen-diks
plural appendixes or appendices
-də-ˌsēz
1
: additional material attached at the end of a piece of writing
2
: a small tube that is closed at one end and projects from the pouch marking the beginning of the large intestine in the lower right side of the abdomen
Medical Definition
appendix
noun
ap·pen·dix
ə-ˈpen-diks
plural appendixes or appendices
-də-ˌsēz
: a bodily outgrowth or process
specifically
: vermiform appendix
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