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Caecum

//ˈsiː.kəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intestīnum caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τῠφλὸν ἔντερον (tŭphlòn énteron).

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