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appendix

[uh-pen-diks] / əˈpɛn dɪks /


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Mr. Goodspeed’s 200 pages of text are dense, and they are followed by substantial notes and a data appendix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Her pain was so bad at one point in her late teens that doctors took out her perfectly healthy appendix, believing it was the source of her agony.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

At 37, an emergency room visit for severe belly pain showed the culprit: a neuroendocrine tumor in the appendix, the size of an Oreo, but much more troublesome.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

When he was 12, his appendix ruptured and he nearly died, leading him to promise to serve God as an adult.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

Second, in an appendix to the sunspot book, Galileo made his only clear and unambiguous published statement of support for Copernican ideas, using the example of the moons of Jupiter to support his case.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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