appendix

A section at the end of a book or article that gives extra information.

• The appendix contains a useful map.
• See the appendix for further details.
• Both books have appendices listing important dates.

How to use it: appendix to something (The appendix to the report lists all the sources.)

Similar words: supplement, addendum

Common phrases: in the appendix, appendix to something, technical appendix

A small tube joined to the large intestine inside your body.

• The surgeon removed my appendix.
• Her appendix had become badly inflamed.
• He went to hospital with a burst appendix.

Common phrases: burst appendix, inflamed appendix, remove the appendix