Comment on xkcd #2960: Organ Meanings

ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  An appendix of a book could be considered a metaphor for the organ

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  • OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Other way around:

    www.etymonline.com/word/appendix

    Technically, the organ you’re thinking of is the vermiform appendix, which means “worm shaped.”

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  • ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Evolved to obsolescence in humans ?

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