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appendage

[uh-pen-dij] / əˈpɛn dɪdʒ /


NOUN
a subsidiary part, as a limb
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What’s important is understanding how human hands can grasp an object, and then extrapolating that to whatever synthetic appendage has been chosen, she added.

From MarketWatch Dec. 27, 2025

He played with a small cast on his left hand and was even using that bandaged appendage to stiff-arm defenders.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

And then it worked its way down,” Now, he adds: “It’s an appendage to all of us.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 9, 2025

Part of the cardio growth story is the Watchman product, a small implant that closes the left atrial appendage of patients with atrial fibrillation, or AF.

From Barron's Oct. 30, 2025

After a moment, a floppy appendage grew out of the upper half of its body and waggled in the air, almost like it was waving at me.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Most importantly, the researchers identified two pincer-like appendages positioned just behind the creature's eyes.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

She must operate a control pad to manipulate the appendages of a brain-dead coma patient and take him on a cross-country trip so his mother can say goodbye and legally pull the plug on him.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The scientists also carried out a large morphological comparison involving more than 2,000 chelae and similar grasping appendages from both living and extinct species.

From Science Daily May 25, 2026

Even the distributor behind this very sequel, 20th Century Studios, was bought, chopped up and consolidated, now functioning as one of Disney’s many appendages.

From Salon May 1, 2026

An animal with long, red head fur and four appendages.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate




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