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  • adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the appendix.

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Examples

  • It's often said that if you don't have a certain percentage of "normal" appendices going to pathology, you are taking dangerous risks by not taking enough people to the OR, presumably increasing the risk of appendiceal rupture.

    An Inexact Science 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • It's often said that if you don't have a certain percentage of "normal" appendices going to pathology, you are taking dangerous risks by not taking enough people to the OR, presumably increasing the risk of appendiceal rupture.

    Archive 2007-08-01 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • Ban it forever like the festering appendiceal hollow vestige of ironic hypocrisy it has become.

    In The Air Tonight « Whatever 2007

  • To delay bronchoscopy with the hope of such a solution of the problem is comparable to the former dependence on nature for the cure of appendiceal abscess.

    Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911

  • Breslin, who was one of the first three players signed by the franchise, passed away on Feb. 9, 2005, due to complications from appendiceal cancer, which is a malignancy of the appendix.

    Minor League Hockey News - MLN - The Raw Feed Michael Andrews 2010

  • Comments: On routine examination of the cecum during screening colonoscopy, a 76 year-old man is noted to have a small amount of polypoid tissue extruding from the appendiceal orifice.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of an appendiceal-sigmoid fistula in a patient affected by ulcerative colitis reported in the literature.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Marco Santangelo 2010

  • The polyp is then grasped with a standard biopsy forceps in order to expose all points of involvement within the appendiceal lumen for complete inspection.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • An explorative laparotomy revealed that the entire colon was distended and pus was found around the appendiceal-sigmoid fistula.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Marco Santangelo 2010

  • Nine years ago, I was diagnosed with appendiceal cancer and told that I had only months to live.

    NWAOnline.com stories BY CAROLYN LANGLIE-LESNIK MCT FORUM 2010

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