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appendix
- For Wiktionary's appendices, see Appendix:Contents
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin appendix.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: ?-p?n'd?ks, IPA(key): /??p?n.d?ks/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /??p?n.d?ks/
Noun
appendix (plural appendices or appendixes)
- (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
- , vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:
- idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […]
- , vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:
- A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
- (anatomy) The vermiform appendix, an inner organ that can become inflamed.
- (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.
Usage notes
Both plural forms are found in various major dictionaries:
Synonyms
- (something attached): addition, attachment; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
Derived terms
- appendical
- appendicitis
- appendectomy
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin appendix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p?n.d?ks/
- Hyphenation: ap?pen?dix
Noun
appendix f (plural appendices)
- An appendix, a section appended to the main body of a text or publication with peripheral information.
- Synonym: aanhangsel
- A vermiform appendix.
- Synonym: wormvormig aanhangsel
- The appendix of a balloon.
- Synonyms: vulaanhangsel, vulslurf
Derived terms
- appendicitis
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: apendiks
Latin
Etymology
From append? (“hang upon”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ap?pen.diks/, [äp?p?n?d??ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ap?pen.diks/, [?p?p?n?d?iks]
Noun
appendix f (genitive appendicis); third declension
- supplement, addition
- appendage
- barberry (shrub)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- appendicium
- append?
- appensor
- appensus
Descendants
References
- appendix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- appendix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- appendix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- appendix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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phlegmon
English
Etymology
From Latin phlegm?n, phlegmon? (“inflammation beneath the skin”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phlegmon?, “inflammation, fiery heat”), from ????? (phlég?, “burn”).
Noun
phlegmon (plural phlegmons)
- A solid mass formed by inflamed connective tissue, such as forms around an appendix in appendicitis.
Derived terms
- phlegmonous
Translations
phlegmon From the web:
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- what is phlegmon abscess
- what is phlegmon diverticulitis
- what is phlegmonous gastritis
- what does phlegmon mean
- what is phlegmon formation
- what is phlegmonous erysipelas
- what is phlegmonous pancreatitis
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