appendix
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She was told that her appendix would likely have burst if she had left the hospital.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Britain is a “defiant but friable little nation floating off the edge of a continent” that itself is “an appendix of Asia.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
That is explained in an appendix more than halfway through the 394-page document.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
"By the time he got there, his appendix was completely burst, he had a blocked bowel, it was twisted. He was in a real mess," she said.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing appendix
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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