English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
APPENDIX, APPENDIXES, APPENDICES
Appendix has two meanings:
- A tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals: She had her appendix out for the operation.
- A section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document: A good book should have an appendix.
The plural of the first meaning (part of the body) is appendixes.
The plural of the second meaning (a section of a book) is appendices.
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