appendixless en · ADJ
Etymology
From appendix + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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:
Translations (4)
ro fără apendice (Translations) · fi umpilisäkkeetön (Translations) · de appendixlos (Translations) · pl bez wyrostka robaczkowego (Translations)