caecum
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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
The stomach is complex, and the intestine simple, and only in some species provided with a small caecum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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
Now cut oesophagus just in front of stomach, and cut the rectum, cut through the mesentery supporting the intestine, and remove and unravel alimentary canal; cut open, wash out, and examine caecum and stomach.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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