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caecum

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Noun
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cae=cum

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun caecum has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

caecumn. [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.].
     A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.  [1913 Webster]
    " The cæcum 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 cæca."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

caecum, n. (US cecum) (pl. -ca) a blind-ended pouch at the junction of the small and large intestines.

Derivative
caecal adj.
Etymology
L for intestinum caecum f. caecus blind, transl. of Gk tuphlon enteron

ROGET THESAURUS

caecum

Closure

N closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper, closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable, invious, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug.

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