caecum Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
cecum; blind gut.
- the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum
WordNet
Cæ"cum noun
(Also<
- Caecum
- Cæcum
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Etymology
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Definitions
(Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut .✍ 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.
