appendix
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
appendix (plural appendices)
- (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:, vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:
- idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […]
- A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
- (anatomy) The vermiform appendix, an inner organ that can become inflamed.
- (anatomy) Any process, prolongation
or projection.
- (something attached) addition, attachment; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
- French: annexe, appendice
- German: Anhang, Beiheft
- Italian: appendice
- Portuguese: apêndice
- Russian: приложе́ние
- Spanish: apéndice
- French: appendice
- German: Blinddarm, Appendix, Wurmfortsatz
- Italian: appendice
- Portuguese: apêndice
- Russian: аппе́ндикс
- Spanish: apéndice
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