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.