Noun: vermiform process
- A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the caecum and that resembles a small pouch
"The surgeon removed the inflamed vermiform process during the appendectomy";
- appendix, vermiform appendix, cecal appendage
Derived forms: vermiform processes
Type of: appendage, outgrowth, process
Part of: blind gut, caecum [Brit, Cdn], cecum [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Vermiform process