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   Ap·pen·dix

   /əˈpendiks/

   

   noun

   • 1. a tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals: "I'm merely standing in while Stella is having her appendix out"
   • 2. a section or table of additional matter at the end of a book or document: "a list of such activities was published as an appendix to the report"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in appendix (sense 2)): from Latin, from appendere ‘hang upon’ (see append). appendix (sense 1) dates from the early 17th century.

   Scrabble Points: 20

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