CECUM

[ce.cum] n, pl ce.ca [NL, fr. L intestinum caecum, lit., blind intestine] (ca. 1721): a cavity open at one end (as the blind end of a duct); esp: the blind pouch at the beginning of the large intestine into which the ileum opens from one side and which is continuous with the colon -- ce.cal adj -- ce.cal.ly adv