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caecum
(gcide) | caecum \cae"cum\, n.; pl. C[ae]cums, L. C[ae]ca. [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.]
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Note: The c[ae]cum 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 c[ae]ca.
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caecum
(gcide) | caecum \cae"cum\, n.; pl. C[ae]cums, L. C[ae]ca. [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 c[ae]cum 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 c[ae]ca.
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Caecums
(gcide) | caecum \cae"cum\, n.; pl. C[ae]cums, L. C[ae]ca. [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 c[ae]cum 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 c[ae]ca.
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Mesocaecum
(gcide) | Mesocaecum \Mes`o*cae"cum\, n. (Anat.) [NL. See Meso-, and
Caecum.]
The fold of peritoneum attached to the caecum. --
Mes`o*cae"cal, a.
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Punctum caecum
(gcide) | Punctum \Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.]
A point.
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Punctum c[ae]cum. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as {Blind
spot}, under Blind.
Punctum proximum, near point. See under Point.
Punctum remotum, far point. See under Point.
Punctum vegetationis [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the
terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new
growth originates.
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