appendix

The appendix, once considered a completely useless evolutionary left-over, is now thought to have minor immune functions.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 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

On April 9, the Sixers announced that Embiid had undergone emergency appendix surgery and would be out indefinitely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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

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

Lengthy appendices compare its versions of episodes such as the Battle of Omdurman and the Boer War with earlier accounts Churchill gave to newspapers and magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Strand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 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 appendices of The Lord of the Rings, but I still had some econ reading left.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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

With over 200 color and black-and-white illustrations, six appendixes and nearly 1,000 annotations, this edition of “Frankenstein” is a cornucopia of background information — a New Critics’ nightmare.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2017

Biobanks store appendixes, ovaries, skin, sphincters, testicles, fat, even foreskins from most circumcisions.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot