vermiform adj 1: resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical [syn: {vermiform}, {worm-shaped}]
Vermiform \Ver"mi*form\, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.] Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum. [1913 Webster] {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}. [1913 Webster]