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appendixless en · ADJ

Etymology

From appendix + -less.

Meanings

  1. (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)