CAECUM


Meaning of CAECUM in English

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

[ L for intestinum caecum f. caecus blind, transl. of Gk tuphlon enteron ]

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