cecum

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a pouch at the beginning of the large intestine, where the ileum opens into it

   The appendix projects from the lower part of the cecum.

From New Latin caecum, shortened from intestinum caecum, 'blind intestine.' Latin caecum is the neuter form of caecus, 'blind,' referring to the organ's closed, pouchlike end. Cecum is the standard American spelling; caecum is common in British English.

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