caecum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

caecums plural caeca plural cæcum alternative,dated cecum alternative,US

词源

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