appendix

noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A section of additional information at the end of a book or document.

  2. 2.

    (anatomy) A small, tube-shaped organ attached to the large intestine in humans; the vermiform appendix.

Related words

See also: addendum, supplement

Etymology

From Latin appendix "an addition, continuation," from appendere "to hang upon," from ad- "to" + pendere "to hang."