sub-caecal
kəmRelated forms
cae·cal, adjective
cae·cal·ly, adverb
post·cae·cal, adjective
sub·cae·cal, adjective
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| —n , pl -ca | |
| anatomy any structure or part that ends in a blind sac or pouch, esp the pouch that marks the beginning of the large intestine | |
| [C18: short for Latin intestinum caecum blind intestine, translation of Greek tuphlon enteron] | |
| cecum or cecum (ˈsiːkəm, -kə) | |
| —n | |
| [C18: short for Latin intestinum caecum blind intestine, translation of Greek tuphlon enteron] | |
| 'caecal or cecum | |
| —adj | |
| 'cecal or cecum | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
caecum
1721, from L. intestinum cæcum "blind gut," from neut. of cæcus "blind, hidden." So called for being prolonged into a cul-de-sac.
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caecum cae·cum (sē'kəm)
n.
Variant of cecum.
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