caecum

cae·cum  (skm)

n.

Variant of cecum.

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caecum US, cecum [ˈsiːkəm]

n pl -ca [-kə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy any structure or part that ends in a blind sac or pouch, esp the pouch that marks the beginning of the large intestine

[short for Latin intestinum caecum blind intestine, translation of Greek tuphlon enteron]

caecal  US, cecal adj

Thesaurus

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" blind gut, 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

Translations

caecum cecum (US) [ˈsiːkəm] N (caeca (pl)) [ˈsiːkə] → (intestino m) ciego m

caecum, (US) cecum

n (Anat) → Blinddarm m

caecum [ˈsiːkəm] n (Anat) → intestino cieco