ileocecal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ileocecal
First recorded in 1840–50; ileo- + cecal ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Something called the ileocecal valve, located between the small intensive and large intestine, may be involved, according to Jef L’Ecuyer, a registered dietician.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2023
Second, the stomach releases the hormone gastrin, which enhances ileal motility, thus relaxing the ileocecal sphincter.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
When the cecum is distended with chyme, contractions of the ileocecal sphincter strengthen.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It is possible to force open the ileocecal valve from the wrong direction, but it does not happen naturally, in the course of day-to-day living.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2013
Mason describes the case of a man of sixty-five who, after death by strangulated hernia, was opened, and two inches from the ileocecal valve was found an earthen egg-cup which he had swallowed.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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