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
Relaxation of the ileocecal sphincter is controlled by both nerves and hormones.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Second, the stomach releases the hormone gastrin, which enhances ileal motility, thus relaxing the ileocecal sphincter.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
No less than five experimenters, representing Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, from 1878 to 1885, tested the competence of the ileocecal valve.
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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