appendage

appendage /ap·pen·dage/ (ah-pen´dij) a subordinate portion of a structure, or an outgrowth, such as a tail.

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epiploic appendages  see under appendix .

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ap·pend·age (-pndj)

n.

A part or organ attached to a main structure and subordinate in function or size.

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appendage

1. a protuberant outgrowth, such as a tail, a limb or limblike structure.

2. a thing or part appended.