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ileocoecum

ileocoecum 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 ileocoecum

pluralileocoeca

Questions about ileocoecum

What is ileocoecum the alternative form of?
Ileocoecum is the alternative form of ileocecum.

Words near ileocoecum in the dictionary

  1. ileocecectomy
  2. ileocecocolic
  3. ileocecocolonic
  4. ileocecum
  5. ileocoecal
  6. ileocoecum
  7. ileocolic
  8. ileocolitis
  9. ileocolon
  10. ileocolonic
  11. ileocolonoscopic

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