Worm-shaped; resembling a worm in form, denoting especially the appendix of the cecum. SEE ALSO: lumbricoid, scolecoid (2). [vermi- + L. forma, form]
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ver·mi·form 'vər-mə-.fȯrm adj resembling a worm in shape
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ver·mi·form (vurґmĭ-form) [L. vermiformis, from vermis worm + forma shape] shaped like a worm.Medical dictionary. 2011.