vermiform process

2 definitions found

vermiform process - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vermiform \Ver"mi*form\, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.]
     Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the
     vermiform process of the cerebellum.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Vermiform appendix (Anat.), 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. See Illust. under Digestion.
        [1913 Webster]

vermiform process - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vermiform process
      n 1: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the
           cecum and that resembles a small pouch [syn: appendix,
           vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage
           ]