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blind gut

noun

  1. the cecum.


blind gut

noun

  1. informal.
    another name for the caecum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blind gut1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

"The bleeding is quite heavy, but I take my time... Opening the peritoneum, I injured the blind gut and had to sew it up," Rogozov wrote.

From BBC

The blind gut, answered doctor Slop, lies betwixt the Ilion and Colon—— In a man? said my father.

Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.

The fine membrane called goldbeater’s skin, used for making up the shoder and mould, is the outer coat of the caecum or blind gut of the ox.

If he took the wrong furrow, he could not cross from one blind gut into another, nor hope to meet the fugitive at any future turning.

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