VERMIFORMIS

Meaning of VERMIFORMIS in English

ˌvərməˈfȯrmə̇s noun

( -es )

Etymology: New Latin, short for appendix vermiformis

: vermiform appendix

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

APPENDIX VERMIFORMIS — () The vermiform appendix.
Английский словарь Webster
APPENDIX VERMIFORMIS — add. ·- the vermiform appendix.
Webster English vocab
VERMIFORM APPENDIX — noun Etymology: translation of New Latin appendix vermiformis : a narrow blindly ending tube usually about three or four inches …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VERMIFORM — ˈvərməˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: New Latin vermiformis, from vermi- + -formis -form : wormlike , vermicular
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VERMIFORM — /verr"meuh fawrm'/ , adj. resembling a worm in shape; long and slender. [ 1720-30; vermiformis. See VERMI-, -FORM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VERMIFORM — adjective Etymology: New Latin vermiformis, from vermi- + -formis -form Date: circa 1730 : resembling a worm in shape
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VERMIFORM — [ver.mi.form] adj [NL vermiformis, fr. vermi- + -formis -form] (ca. 1730): resembling a worm in shape
Merriam-Webster English vocab