- a variation of cecum.
caecum
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caeca
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Origin of caecum
C18: short for Latin intestinum caecum blind intestine, translation of Greek tuphlon enteron
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Doctors said the pressure of the magnets had caused necrosis -- tissue death -- in four areas of the boy's small bowel and caecum, which is part of the large intestine.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
The term caecal contents refers to the material found inside the caecum, a pouch located at the beginning of the large intestine.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025
In the region of the yolk-stalk it is somewhat enlarged and ends in a blind sac like a caecum.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by C. M. Reese
After the caecum is formed as a diverticulum from the intestine it is situated close to the liver and gradually travels down into the right iliac fossa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Inflammatory affections of the caecum and its attached appendix vermiformis are very common, and give rise to several special symptoms and signs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
Most commonly there is a pair of lateral caeca, which may be more or less ramified and may form a massive “hepato-pancreas” or “liver.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The intestine is provided with numerous branched caeca in Aphrodite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
The oesophagus is provided often with caeca which in Syllids and Hesionidae have been found to contain air, and possibly therefore perform the function of the fish’s air-bladder.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
I am betimes sensible of the little breezes that begin to sing and whistle within, forerunners of the storm: "Ceu flamina prima Cum deprensa fremunt sylvis et caeca volutant Murmura, venturos nautis prodentia ventos."
From The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 18 by Charles Cotton
Among the purely aquatic families such structures are very rare, and are represented by two caeca in the genus Limnodriloides.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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