vermiform appendix

English

Intestinal tract, with the vermiform appendix highlighted.

Noun

vermiform appendix (plural vermiform appendices or vermiform appendixes)

(anatomy) An organ consisting of a blind tube projecting from the caecum. Of disputed function (if any), it is known for sometimes causing inflammation (appendicitis) in humans.
Synonyms: appendix, vermiformis

Derived terms

appendectomy
appendicectomy
appendicitis

Translations

blind tube projecting from the caecum

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: اَلزَّائِدَة اَلدُّودِيَّة‎ f (az-zāʾida d-dūdiyya), اَلْمُصْرَان اَلْأَعْوَر‎ m (al-muṣrān al-ʾaʿwar), زَائِدَة دُودِيَّة‎ f (zāʾida(t) dūdiyya)
Egyptian Arabic: الزايدة الدودية‎ f (e-zayda e-dudeya), المصران الأعور‎ m (el muṣraan el ʔaʕwar)
Armenian: որդանման ելուն (ordanman elun)
Asturian: apéndiz (ast) f
Azerbaijani: kor bağırsaq
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: апендыкс m (apjendyks), чэрвепадобны адростак сляпой кішкі m (červjepadóbny adróstak sljapój kiški)
Bulgarian: сля́по черво́ n (sljápo červó)
Catalan: apèndix vermiforme (ca) m, apèndix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 闌尾 (zh), 阑尾 (zh) (lánwěi)
Czech: slepé střevo (cs) n, apendix (cs) m
Danish: blindtarm (da) c
Dutch: blindedarm (nl), wormvormig aanhangsel n
Esperanto: apendico
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: umpilisäke (fi)
French: appendice iléo-cæcal (fr) m, appendice vermiculaire (fr) m, appendice (fr) m
Galician: apéndice (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Blinddarm (de) m, Appendix (de) m, Wurmfortsatz (de) m
Greek: σκωληκοειδής απόφυση (el) f (skolikoeidís apófysi), απόφυση (el) f (apófysi)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: परिशिष्ट (hi) m (pariśiṣṭ)
Hungarian: vakbél (hu), féregnyúlvány (hu)
Icelandic: botnlangi (is) m, botnlangatota f
Indonesian: apendiks (id), umbai cacing (id), usus buntu (id)
Irish: aipindic phéistchruthach f, aipindic f
Italian: appendice (it) f
Japanese: 虫垂 (ちゅうすい, chūsui), 盲腸 (ja) (もうちょう, mōcho) (colloquial)
Kazakh: соқырішек (soqyrışek)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 충수(蟲垂) (ko) (chungsu), 맹장 (ko) (maengjang)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: rûviya zêde (ku) f
Latin: appendix f
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: сле́по цре́во n (slépo crévo)
Malayalam: വിരരൂപ പരിശോഷിക (virarūpa pariśōṣika)
Maltese: il-musrana l-għamja f
Maori: weu whēkau, hiku whēkau
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: achʼííʼ bitsʼániʼnísą́
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blindtarm m, appendiks m
Nynorsk: blindtarm m, appendiks m
Persian: آپاندیس‎ (fa) (âpândis)
Polish: wyrostek robaczkowy (pl) m, wyrostek (pl) m
Portuguese: apêndice vermiforme (pt) m, apêndice cecal (pt) m, apêndice (pt) m
Romanian: apendice (ro) n
Russian: червеобра́зный отро́сток m (červeobráznyj otróstok), аппе́ндикс (ru) m (appéndiks)
Samoan: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: aipeandaig f
Slovak: červovitý prívesok m, apendix m
Slovene: slepič (sl) m
Spanish: apéndice vermiforme (es) m, apéndice (es) m
Swedish: blindtarm (sv) n, appendix (sv) ?
Tagalog: malabulating hugpong, hugpong
Tamil: குடல்வால் (ta) (kuṭalvāl)
Thai: ไส้ติ่ง (th) (sâi-dtìng)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kör bağırsak (tr), apandis (tr)
Ukrainian: апе́ндикс (uk) (apéndyks)
Uzbek: dirihablʼ
Vietnamese: ruột thừa (vi)
Volapük: kekun (vo)
Welsh: coluddyn crog m, pendics m