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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

Their work revealed a second previously unrecognized species, Calumma hofreiteri, which had been classified for years as Calumma nasutum because of similarities in the nasal appendage and other visible traits.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 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

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

Why, to be an economic appendage of the Northern Region.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov