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Noun: vermiform process
  1. A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the caecum and that resembles a small pouch
    - 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