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caecum

/ˈsiː.kəm/

caecum noun: a cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.

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Noun

caecum (plural caecums or caeca)

  1. A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
    • After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation.1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition
    Synonyms:
    blind gut

caecum meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Vietnamese

caecum in Tamil

பெருங்குடல் முற்பகுதி, சீகம், பெருங்குடற்குடா, பெருங்குடல் வாய் பெருங்குடல் முனை, கிளைக்குழாய், குடல்வால்

caecum in Kannada

ಮೂಗರುಳು, ಆಂಧಾಂತ್ರ, ಹೆಗ್ಗರುಳು

caecum in Vietnamese

blind pouch connected to the large intestine
ruột tịt, manh tràng

Synonyms of caecum

Forms of caecum

pluralcaecums
pluralcaeca
alternative UScecum
alternative form (dated)cæcum

Origin of caecum

Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intestīnum caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τῠφλὸν ἔντερον (tŭphlòn énteron).

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Words that rhyme with caecum

Questions about caecum

What does caecum mean?
Caecum means a cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
What is caecum in Tamil?
Caecum in Tamil is பெருங்குடல் முற்பகுதி, சீகம், பெருங்குடற்குடா. See Caecum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is caecum?
Caecum is a noun.
How do you pronounce caecum?
Caecum is pronounced /ˈsiː.kəm/.
What is the plural of caecum?
The plural of caecum is caecums.

Words near caecum in the dictionary

  1. caecotrophic
  2. caecotrophs
  3. caecotrophy
  4. caeculid
  5. caeculids
  6. caecum
  7. caecums
  8. Caeden
  9. Caedmon
  10. Caedmonian
  11. Caedmonic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caecum (page history and authors); caecum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); caecum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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