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ileocaecum

ileocaecum is the alternative form of ileocecum.

Meaning of ileocecum

Noun

ileocecum (plural ileoceca)

  1. The ilium and the cecum
    • We demonstrated that OMV-associated PrtV was biologically active by showing altered morphology and detachment of cells when the human ileocecum carcinoma (HCT8) cells were treated with OMVs from the wild type V.2015 July 30, “Outer Membrane Vesicle-Mediated Export of Processed PrtV Protease from Vibrio cholerae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of ileocaecum

pluralileocaeca

Questions about ileocaecum

What is ileocaecum the alternative form of?
Ileocaecum is the alternative form of ileocecum.

Words near ileocaecum in the dictionary

  1. ileo-
  2. ileoanal
  3. ileocaecal
  4. ileocaecal valve
  5. ileocaecal valves
  6. ileocaecum
  7. ileocecal
  8. ileocecal eminence
  9. ileocecal eminences
  10. ileocecal valve
  11. ileocecal valves

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