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cecum
(encz) | cecum,slepé střevo Zdeněk Brož |
cecum
(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.
[1913 Webster] |
cecum
(gcide) | cecum \cecum\ n.
The caecum, the cavity in which the large intestine begins
and into which the ileum opens.
Syn: caecum, blind gut.
[WordNet 1.5] |
cecum
(wn) | cecum
n 1: the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into
which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the
cecum" [syn: cecum, caecum, blind gut] |
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