appendage

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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

And then it worked its way down,” Now, he adds: “It’s an appendage to all of us.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

At his side, like a useless appendage, is his wife, twenty-seven years younger and equally poor, whose arms and legs are loaded with real and fake bracelets and rings left over from more prosperous days.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank