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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
caeca \cae"ca\, n. pl.
see caecum.
1913 webster
see also:
caecum
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
caecum \cae"cum\, n.; pl. caecums, l. caeca. l. caecus
blind, invisible, concealed. anat.
a a cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or
duct.
b the blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance
of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.
also spelled cecum.
1913 webster
note: the caecum is comparatively small in man, and ends in
a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in
herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of
the large intestine. in fishes there are often numerous
intestinal caeca.
1913 webster
see also:
caecums caeca blind gut cecum
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
caeca
see caecum
see also:
caecum
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
caecum
n : the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into
which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of
the cecum" syn: cecum, blind gut
also: caeca pl
see also:
cecum blind gut caeca
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