appendix
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This was the start of my appendix issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
When I finally saw a doctor, he diagnosed a burst appendix and peritonitis—the swelling of thin tissue that lines the belly wall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The appendix, once considered a completely useless evolutionary left-over, is now thought to have minor immune functions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Ellie explores why it takes so long to be diagnosed with 'endo', and meets a woman who had a perfectly healthy appendix removed because she was misdiagnosed.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Second, in an appendix to the sunspot book, Galileo made his only clear and unambiguous published statement of support for Copernican ideas, using the example of the moons of Jupiter to support his case.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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A scientific report released with the new federal dietary guidelines included appendices, which cited several meta-analyses examining sweeteners’ association with the risk of various health problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
But following appeals lodged by industry groups, the ICC board moved the measures to the code’s appendices, effectively making them optional, as first reported by the HuffPost.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
Lynda Claassen: Have you thought about, or have you found out anything about the publication of my appendices or copelata work?
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
In three appendices to his book, Turchin provides a non-technical explanation of his approach to understanding history and how it developed over time.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023
I had finished the book but there were still the appendices.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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Based largely on the appendixes — the appendixes! — to “The Lord of the Rings” novel, it takes place some 3,000 years before the events of that book.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2022
The report, a mere nine pages including two appendixes, does not identify the mysterious unidentified phenomena—neither as mundane human technology nor anything extraterrestrial.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2021
If you want more practical help than that, Saunders provides some exercises in the appendixes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2021
Host Meagan Cantwell talks with Viviane Labrie of the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about new research suggesting people without their appendixes have a reduced risk of Parkinson’s.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2018
Biobanks store appendixes, ovaries, skin, sphincters, testicles, fat, even foreskins from most circumcisions.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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