vermix
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Blend of vermiform + appendix.
Noun
[edit]vermix (plural vermices or vermixes)
- The vermiform appendix.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]vermix
- Misspelling of vernix.
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]vermix
- Misspelling of vermis.
Usage notes
[edit]Found particularly in the collocation cerebellar vermix. The use of the Latin plural ending -ices for words ending on -ix, instead of the proper -es, shows that the misspelling is not an accidental substitution.