Vermiform

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Vermiform appendix} (Anat.), a slender blind process of the


        caecum 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}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vermiform
       adj : resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical [syn: {worm-shaped}]