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caecum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caecum has 1 sense
- caecum(n = noun.body) blind gut, cecum - the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum" is a kind of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
is a part of large intestine
has parts: appendix, cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process
Derived form adjective caecal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
caecum, n. [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.].
A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. [1913 Webster]
" The cæcum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal cæca."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
caecum, n. (US cecum) (pl. -ca) a blind-ended pouch at the junction of the small and large intestines.
Derivative
caecal adj.
Etymology
L for intestinum caecum f. caecus blind, transl. of Gk tuphlon enteron
ROGET THESAURUS
caecum
Closure
N closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper, closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable, invious, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug.
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