GC: n

S: WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/picture-of-the-appendix (last access: 1 December 2016); http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/appendix (last access: 2 December 2016); BMT p. 6.

N: 1. 1540s, “subjoined addition to a document or book,” from Latin appendix “an addition, continuation, something attached,” from appendere. Used for “small outgrowth of an internal organ” from 1610s, especially in reference to the vermiform appendix. This sense perhaps from or influenced by French appendix, where the term was in use from 1540s.

2. In anatomy, is a vestigial hollow tube that is closed at one end and is attached at the other end to the cecum, a pouchlike beginning of the large intestine into which the small intestine empties its contents.

3. The word appendix, formally know as vermiform appendix, was first used in 1542. Used for “small outgrowth of an internal organ” from 1610s.

4. For unclear reasons, the appendix often becomes inflamed, infected, and can rupture. This causes severe pain in the right lower part of the belly, along with nausea and vomiting, this condition is known as appendicitis. Also, theres is a type of tumor that can growths in the appendix and it can be benign or cancerous, but appendix tumors are rare.

5. It is not clear if the appendix has an important role in the body in older children and adults. There are no major, long-term health problems resulting from removing the appendix although a slight increase in some diseases has been noted, for example, Crohn’s disease.

6. appendix: frequently used alone to refer to the vermiform appendix (appendix vermiformis of the colon).

7. Medicine – Anatomy: appendix (plural: appendices, appendixes), appendage.

8. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the movie The Seven Year Itch (1955) directed by Billy Wilder. The main character, Richard Sherman, is remembering (imagining) his nurse, Miss Finch: “Last winter when l had my appendix out… …do you remember the nurse?”.

S: 1. Etymonline – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=appendix (last access: 1 December 2016). 2. EncBrit – https://global.britannica.com/science/appendix (last access: 1 December 2016). 3. EncBrit (last access: 1 December 2016); OED (last access: 1 December 2016). 4. WebMD – http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/picture-of-the-appendix (last access: 1 December 2016). 5. MedicineNet.com – http://www.medicinenet.com/appendicitis/article.htm (last access: 1 December 2016). 6. TERMIUM PLUS – http://goo.gl/AF87KA (last access: 2 December 2016). 7. GDT – http://dictionnaire.academie-medecine.fr/?q=appendice (last access: 2 December 2016). 8. Script – http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/s/seven-year-itch-script-transcript.html (last access: 20 April 2024).

SYN: vermiform appendix, appendix vermiformis of the colon.

S: TERMIUM PLUS – http://goo.gl/AF87KA (last access: 2 December 2016)

CR: appendectomy, appendicitis, peritonitis.