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VERMIFORM
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
Vermiform appendix, a slenderblind process of the caecum in man and some another animals; called alsovermiform appendage, and vermiform process. Little solid bodies, such as grapeseeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation.
Origin: L. Vermis a worm.
Source: Websters Vocabulary