| vermiform appendage | A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vermiform appendix | A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermiform process | A wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the caecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity. Synonym: appendix vermiformis, appendix ceci, processus vermiformis, vermiform appendage, vermiform process, vermix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermiformia | <zoology> A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermifugal | <medicine> Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic. Origin: L. Vermis a worm + fugare to drive away, fr. Fugere to flee. See Worm, and Fugitive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermifuge | <medicine> A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic. Origin: Cf. F. Vermifuge. See Vermifugal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermilinguia | <zoology> A tribe of edentates comprising the South American ant-eaters. The tongue is long, slender, exsertile, and very flexible, whence the name. A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues. Origin: Called also Vermilingues. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermilion | 1. <chemistry> A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red colour, and is much used in colouring sealing wax, in printing, etc. The kermes insect has long been used for dyeing red or scarlet. It was formerly known as the worm dye, vermiculus, or vermiculum, and the cloth was called vermiculatia. Hence came the French vermeil for any red dye, and hence the modern name vermilion, although the substance it denotes is very different from the kermes, being a compound of mercury and sulphur. 2. Hence, a red colour like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion. Origin: F. Vermillon. See Vermeil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermilion border | The red margin of the upper and lower lip that commences at the exterior edge of the intraoral labial mucosa ("moist line") and extends outward, terminating at the extraoral labial cutaneous junction; a thinly keratinised type of stratified squamous epithelium deeply penetrated by well-vascularised dermal papillae which show through the translucent epidermis to impart the typical red appearance of the lips. Synonym: vermilion zone, vermilion transitional zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermilion zone | The red margin of the upper and lower lip that commences at the exterior edge of the intraoral labial mucosa ("moist line") and extends outward, terminating at the extraoral labial cutaneous junction; a thinly keratinised type of stratified squamous epithelium deeply penetrated by well-vascularised dermal papillae which show through the translucent epidermis to impart the typical red appearance of the lips. Synonym: vermilion zone, vermilion transitional zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermilionectomy | Excision of the vermilion border. Origin: vermilion border + G. Ektome, cutting out (05 Mar 2000) |
| vermin | Parasitic insects, such as lice and bedbugs. Origin: L. Vermis, a worm (05 Mar 2000) |
| verminal | 1. Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin. "Some . . . Verminous disposition of the body." (Harvey) 2. Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease. Origin: L. Verminosus, fr. Vermis a worm: cf. F. Vermineux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vermination | 1. The generation or breeding of vermin. 2. A griping of the bowels. Origin: L. Verminatio the worms, a disease of animals, a crawling, itching pain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| verminous | 1. Tending to breed vermin; infested by vermin. "Some . . . Verminous disposition of the body." (Harvey) 2. Caused by, or arising from the presence of, vermin; as, verminous disease. Origin: L. Verminosus, fr. Vermis a worm: cf. F. Vermineux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |