appendix

1. 1.

   supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

   Broaderaddendum

   Narrowershirttailcodicil
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsvermiform appendixvermiform processcecal appendage

   Broaderprocess

   Part ofcecum

Other forms of appendix

plural

appendices

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about appendix

What does appendix mean?

appendix means "supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in appendix?

appendix has 3 syllables: ap-pen-dix. The stress falls on "pen". In IPA it is /əˈpɛndɪks/.

What is another word for appendix?

Close synonyms include vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is appendix a common word?

appendix is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.