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retrocaecal

retrocaecal is the alternative form of retrocecal.

Meaning of retrocecal

Adjective

retrocecal (not comparable)

  1. Behind the caecum.
    • The fact that a retrocecal position of the appendix demands special consideration, and may mislead the operator who is not upon his guard, was first noticed, to the best of my knowledge, by C. B. Nancrede, of Ann Arbor, Michigan (Med. News, 1888, vol. 52, p. 570).1905, Howard Atwood Kelly, The Vermiform Appendix and Its Diseases

Words formed from retrocaecal

Questions about retrocaecal

What is retrocaecal the alternative form of?
Retrocaecal is the alternative form of retrocecal.

Words near retrocaecal in the dictionary

  1. retrobulbar
  2. retrobulbarly
  3. retrobulbary
  4. retrobulber
  5. retroburn
  6. retrocaecal
  7. retrocaecally
  8. retrocalcaneal
  9. retrocalcarine
  10. retrocalculate
  11. retrocalculated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retrocaecal (page history and authors); retrocecal (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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