appendix
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Her pain was so bad at one point in her late teens that doctors took out her perfectly healthy appendix, believing it was the source of her agony.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
At 37, an emergency room visit for severe belly pain showed the culprit: a neuroendocrine tumor in the appendix, the size of an Oreo, but much more troublesome.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
The book’s appendix provides six pages of instructions for performing a cranial exam but concludes by reminding would-be practitioners not to fret over their lack of experience because “phrenology isn’t real anyhow.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Britain is a “defiant but friable little nation floating off the edge of a continent” that itself is “an appendix of Asia.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Strings of them ran over the surfaces of the liver, diaphragm, intestine, appendix, rectum, and heart.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Vocabulary lists containing appendix
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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