caecum

cae·cum

 (sē′kəm)

n.

Variant of cecum.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

caecum

(ˈsiːkəm) or

cecum

n, pl -ca (-kə)

(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

[C18: short for Latin intestinum caecum blind intestine, translation of Greek tuphlon enteron]

ˈcaecal, ˈcecal adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ce•cum

or cae•cum

(ˈsi kəm)

n., pl. -ca (-kə).

an anatomical cul-de-sac, esp. that in which the large intestine begins.

[1715–25; Latin intestinum caecum blind gut]

ce′cal, adj.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Translations

cæcum

caecum

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

caecum

, (US) cecum

n (Anat) → Blinddarm m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

caecum

[ˈsiːkəm] n (Anat) → intestino cieco

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995