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appendix

[uh-pen-diks] / əˈpɛn dɪks /


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When I was 14, the doctor removed what was left of my appendix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He described how his wife was determined to get better and sought private treatment at the Christie cancer treatment centre in Manchester, which included the removal of her appendix.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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

It turned out the SIM agent in charge recognized Tío Pepe, whose brother-in-law, Dr. Mella, had saved his little daughter’s life after a ruptured appendix.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

Two appendices provide advice and suggestions for further reading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Maser said even including the provisions in the appendices “is a step forward from the 2021 code,” which did not have such provisions at all.

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

A list of all the films in Halliday’s collection at the time of his death was included in the appendices of Anorak's Almanac.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

In addition, committees must provide timely public access to all “records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appendixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, or other documents” that its members consult or prepare.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2017

The edition I chose for my students did not help: It had no notes, no biographical material, no supplemental readings, no appendixes, no chronologies and no historical, scientific or political context.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017

In hospitals in which the reimbursement rates for appendectomies ran higher, for instance, the surgeons removed more appendixes.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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