vermix

English

Etymology 1

Blend of vermiform +‎ appendix.

Noun

vermix (plural vermices or vermixes)

  1. The vermiform appendix.

Noun

vermix (uncountable)

  1. Misspelling of vernix.

Noun

vermix (plural vermices)

  1. Misspelling of vermis.

Usage notes

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.

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