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caecums

caecums is the plural of caecum.

Meaning of caecum

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

Questions about caecums

What is caecums the plural of?
Caecums is the plural of caecum.

Words near caecums in the dictionary

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

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