appendix
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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
Her appendix was removed and she was put on a waiting list for a specialist women's hospital.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 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
An appendix to the report about the workload of the federal judiciary noted that criminal cases against defendants accused of immigration-related crimes increased by 27% in fiscal year 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
The next day, we were allowed to inspect the appendix itself in a glass bottle.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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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