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cecum

cecum is the alternative form 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

Forms of cecum

pluralceca
pluralcecums

Words formed from cecum

Phrases with cecum

Questions about cecum

What is cecum the alternative form of?
Cecum is the alternative form of caecum.

Words near cecum in the dictionary

  1. cecropiaceous
  2. cecropias
  3. cecropin
  4. cecropins
  5. CECS
  6. cecum
  7. cecums
  8. cecutiency
  9. Cecy
  10. CED
  11. CEDA

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