Dictionary

caecum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsiː.kəm/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:

Forms

Deriveds

caeco- · pyloric caecum · punctum caecum · mesocaecum · caecitis · caecotrophy · caecally · caecal · caecostomy · caec-

Synonyms

blind gut

Translations (44)

pl jelito ślepe (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · cy coluddyn dall (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · cmn 盲腸 /盲肠 (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · gl paiolo (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · fr cécum (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · mi kopa whēkau (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · kum сокъур ичек (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · hy կույր աղիք (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · fi umpisuoli (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · sv blindtarm (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · ka ბრმა ნაწლავი (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · tr kör bağırsak (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · nn blindtarm (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · ast ciegu (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · hu vakbél (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · bg сляпо черво (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · ja 盲腸 (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · da blindtarm (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · ro cec (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · fr cæcum (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · nb blindtarm (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · pt ceco (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · gl cego (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · vi manh tràng (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · tr çekum (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · gl intestino cego (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · za saejlaemz (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · az korbağırsaq (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · sk slepé črevo (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · cs slepé střevo (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · de Blinddarm (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · ru слепа́я кишка́ (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · uk сліпа кишка (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · ro cecum (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · es ciego (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · rsk шлєпе черево (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · ga caochán (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · es intestino ciego (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · ca cec (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · is botnristill (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · af sekum (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · bg цекум (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · io ceko (blind pouch connected to the large intestine) · vi ruột tịt (blind pouch connected to the large intestine)