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Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
<anatomy> Vermiform appendix, a slender blind process of the caecum in man and some other animals; called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation.
Origin: L. Vermis a worm.
(01 Mar 1998)
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