vermix
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.