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vermiform |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vermiform \Ver"mi*form\, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.] Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as the vermiform process of the cerebellum. {Vermiform appendix} (Anat.), a slender blind process of the c[ae]cum 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vermiform adj : resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical [syn: {worm-shaped}]
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