Category:Appendix

Ap*pen"dix, n.; pl. E. Appendixes, L. Appendices(#). Etym: [L. appendix, -dicis, fr. appendere. See Append.]

1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale.

2. 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.

Syn.

-- See Supplement.

Human Anatomy: A finger-like pouch near the end of the small intestine where it empties into the beginning of the large intestine. It is located in the lower right side of the abdomen in the human body.