appendix
Book's back matter
An appendix is supplementary material at the end of a book or document—charts, data, or detailed information that supports but isn't essential to the main text: The full interview transcripts appear in the appendix.
In anatomy, the appendix is a small tube-shaped pouch attached to the large intestine, vestigial in humans and prone to painful inflammation requiring surgical removal.
Plural: appendices or appendixes.
Notation pointing elsewhere
- citationMention of a source
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- sourcePoint of origin
documentation · scholarly · academic · footnote · bibliography · index · table of contents
Shaped like a worm
- cecumLarge intestine's origin pouch
- ileumLast small intestine segment
- colonLarge intestine section
- peritonitisAbdominal lining inflammation
inflammation · rupture · gastrointestinal · digestive · intestine · laparoscopy · surgery · removal
Supplementary text at end
- supplementSomething added to complete
- annexSupplementary building or seizure
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- backmatterSupplementary pages after content
glossary · index · bibliography · tables · charts · figures · documentation · reference
Species changing over generations
- vestigeFaint surviving trace
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- functionlessLacking any utility
- atavismReturn to ancestral type
natural selection · tailbone · coccyx · wisdom teeth · remnant · degenerate · ancestral · phylogeny
cross-reference
Notation pointing elsewhere
- citationMention of a source
- endnoteBack-of-book citation
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
source · documentation · scholarly · academic · footnote · bibliography · index · table of contents
vermiform
Shaped like a worm
peritonitis · inflammation · rupture · gastrointestinal · digestive · intestine · laparoscopy · surgery · removal · infection
addendum
Supplementary text at end
- supplementSomething added to complete
- annexSupplementary building or seizure
- attachmentConnection or fondness
backmatter · glossary · index · bibliography · tables · charts · figures · documentation · reference · afterword
evolution
Species changing over generations
- vestigeFaint surviving trace
- rudimentaryIn simplest possible form
- functionlessLacking any utility
atavism · natural selection · tailbone · coccyx · wisdom teeth · remnant · degenerate · ancestral · phylogeny · homologous
- gutintestine, small intestine, large intestine, colon, bowel
- reference toolsdictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, handbook, catalog
- Intestinesintestine, intestines, small intestine, large intestine, bowel
- vestigial structurescoccyx, tailbone, wisdom teeth, plantaris, nictitating membrane
- gut anatomyintestine, intestines, bowel, bowels, gut
- body partsarm, leg, hand, back, chest
appendixintroduction
Preliminary section or presentation
preface · foreword · prologue · preamble · front matter
appendixheart
Circulatory system's pump
brain · vital organ · liver · lungs · essential organ
- ruptured appendixTorn digestive dead-end
appendage, append, appended, appending, appendicitis, appends, appendices, appendectomy, appendixes