blind gut

blind gut

n.

1. A digestive cavity having only one opening.

2. See cecum.

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blind gut

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Informal another name for the caecum

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blind gut - the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum" caecum, cecum bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body large intestine - beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, appendix - a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch