Definition of Vermiform. Meaning of Vermiform. Synonyms of Vermiform

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Definition of Vermiform

Vermiform
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.

Meaning of Vermiform from wikipedia

- longer a taxonomic group, anatomists continue to use the description "vermiform" of animals or organs that are worm-shaped. The word root is Latin, vermes...
- (pl.: appendices or appendixes; also vermiform appendix; cecal (or caecal, cæcal) appendix; vermix; or vermiform process) is a finger-like, blind-ended...
- track for the Murders Among Us 7-inch compilation released on McPheeters' Vermiform Records label before Burke and Schreiber left the group later that year...
- illnesses. Some herbivorous animals, such as rabbits, have a terminal vermiform appendix and ce**** that apparently bear patches of tissue with immune...
- Vermiform Records was an American independent record label that specialized in releasing punk rock music from 1990 until 2002. Vermiform released 58 albums...
- appendiceal cancer, is a very rare malignant tumor that forms in the vermiform appendix. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are rare tumors with malignant...
- Records) Grappling With the Homonids CD/LP (1998, Vermiform Records) Resist The New Way CD/LP (1999, Vermiform Records) White1 CD/2xLP (2003, Southern Lord...
- not released until mid-1994, three years after the band's break-up, by Vermiform Records. Moss Icon's third 7", entitled "Memorial", was recorded in January...
- campodeiform (elongated, flattened and active), elateriform (wireworm-like) or vermiform (maggot-like). The larva grows and eventually becomes a pupa, a stage...
- useless. A classic example at the level of gross anatomy is the human vermiform appendix, vestigial in the sense of retaining no significant digestive...