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appendixless

appendixless adjective: without an appendix (bodily organ).

Adjective

appendixless (not comparable)

  1. Without an appendix (bodily organ).
    • Screening women for prostate cancer, for example, would not make sense. Nor would an appendicitis screening for someone who has already had their appendix removed. There's exactly a zero percent chance than an appendix-less individual could develop an appendix-specific disease.2013 January 7, Sarah Kliff, “‘It’s tough to get cervical cancer without a cervix.’”, in The Washington Post

Origin of appendixless

From appendix + -less.

Questions about appendixless

What does appendixless mean?
Appendixless means without an appendix (bodily organ).
What part of speech is appendixless?
Appendixless is an adjective.

Words near appendixless in the dictionary

  1. appending
  2. appendings
  3. appendix
  4. appendix auriculae
  5. appendixes
  6. appendixless
  7. appendment
  8. appendments
  9. appends
  10. Appenine
  11. Appenines

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