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Caeca

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ce·cum also cae·cum  (skm)
n. pl. ce·ca also cae·ca (-k)
1. A saclike cavity with only one opening.
2. Anatomy The large blind pouch forming the beginning of the large intestine. Also called blind gut.

[Middle English, from Latin (intestnum) caecum, blind (intestine), neuter of caecus, blind.]

cecal adj.
cecal·ly adv.


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Here the Roman poet contrasts his vision of civic renewal against the designs of greedy opportunists to control the state: "Sollicitant alii remis freta caeca, ruuntque / In ferrum, penetrant aulas et limina regum" (Some weary the blind seas with oars and rush upon the sword, they advance to the halls and palaces of kings) (504-05).
 
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