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vermiform process

noun

a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

• Syn: ↑appendix, ↑vermiform appendix, ↑cecal appendage

• Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage

• Part Holonyms: ↑cecum, ↑caecum, ↑blind gut

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noun

1. : the vermis of the cerebellum

2. : vermiform appendix

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1. See vermiform appendix.

2. the vermis.

[1830-40]

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vermiform process,

Anatomy.

1. the median lobe of the cerebellum.

2. the vermiform appendix.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.