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appendage

[uh-pen-dij] / əˈpɛn dɪdʒ /


NOUN
a subsidiary part, as a limb
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Not everyone understood that Mary’s outflung left arm isn’t some randomly flailing appendage but a gesture pregnant with meaning—multiple ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

It is a device that reduces stroke risk for AFib patients by sealing the left atrial appendage, which is where stroke risk starts.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

What’s important is understanding how human hands can grasp an object, and then extrapolating that to whatever synthetic appendage has been chosen, she added.

From MarketWatch Dec. 27, 2025

He played with a small cast on his left hand and was even using that bandaged appendage to stiff-arm defenders.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

Maybe not a miraculous, but certainly a rather curious, story lay behind Onofre’s dearth of an appendage.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

She must operate a control pad to manipulate the appendages of a brain-dead coma patient and take him on a cross-country trip so his mother can say goodbye and legally pull the plug on him.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

These appendages, known as chelae, function much like forceps and are extremely uncommon among insects.

From Science Daily May 25, 2026

Even the distributor behind this very sequel, 20th Century Studios, was bought, chopped up and consolidated, now functioning as one of Disney’s many appendages.

From Salon May 1, 2026

Mr Teller said the name was also inspired by the distinctive pale "knuckles" on the small leg-like appendages at the side of the spider's mouth.

From BBC Oct. 30, 2025

If you looked closely through the mesh, you could see the levers and mechanisms and hard plastic appendages in plain sight below the seat pan.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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