appendix

appendix
(pl. appendices appendixes)
  1. (Anatomy)a tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals. In humans the appendix is small and has no known function, but in rabbits, hares, and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose
    (剖)阑尾。 亦作 vermiform appendix
  2. a section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document
    (书或文件的)附录
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, from appendere 'hang upon' (see append) Sense 1dates from the early 17th cent
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