cae·cum (s  k m)n. Variant of cecum. |
caecum or US cecum [seek-um, -ka]
Noun
pl -ca the pouch at the beginning of the large intestine [short for Latin intestinum caecum blind intestine]
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| Noun | 1. |  caecum - the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"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 |
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