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appendix

[uh-pen-diks] / əˈpɛn dɪks /


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Mr. Goodspeed’s 200 pages of text are dense, and they are followed by substantial notes and a data appendix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

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

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

When he was 12, his appendix ruptured and he nearly died, leading him to promise to serve God as an adult.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

It means that your appendix, which is about the size of your tongue, and located right here, she says, pointing to the bottom of her stomach on the right side, has ruptured.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander




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