The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vermiform \Ver"mi*form\, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.] Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
Vermiform appendix (Anat.), a slender blind process of the c[ae]cum in man and some other animals; -- called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation. See Illust. under Digestion.
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum, without a known function.
WordNet
n. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch [syn: appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage]
Usage examples of "vermiform appendix".
He figured that we had degenerated from the prime stock and that certain organs such as the vermiform appendix, the pineal gland and the dead areas of the brain must once have had a useful function.
But to return to matters of importance, I should be very happy to see the proofs of your paper upon the vermiform appendix.
Do you realize, said Shekt in feeble wonder, that he has a vermiform appendix, which is three and a half inches long?
He was born without prepuce, without vermiform appendix-and apparently without a conscience.
If they are in the bowels of the island, then this must be the vermiform appendix or something.
I suppose that when I was built from the data, the data provided for that useless human organ, the vermiform appendix.
Right next to the miracle of the heart or the wonder of the eye, there's some artifact of stupidity like the vermiform appendix just waiting to kill us.