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/əpˈɛndɪks/ Listen

noun

Appendix n. (pl. E. appendixes, L. appendices)

Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. "Normandy became an appendix to England."

Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.

(Anatomy) The vermiform appendix.

Synonyms: See Supplement.

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— Bibliomania in the Middle Ages • Frederick Somner Merryweather

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