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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ver·mi·form /ˈvɝməˌfɔrm/
 (a.)蠕蟲狀的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ver·mi·form /ˈvɝməˌfɔrm/ 形容詞
 蛆型,蠕蟲狀的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ver·mi·form a.  Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
 Vermiform appendix Anat., a slender blind process of the caecum in man and some other animals; -- called also vermiform appendage, and vermiform process.  Small solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones, sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal, inflammation.  See Illust. under Digestion.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 vermiform
      adj : resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical [syn: worm-shaped]