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noun:
- A saclike hole with one orifice.
- Anatomy The large blind pouch forming the beginning of the large bowel. Also known as blind instinct.
- alternate spelling of caecum.
- The caecum, the cavity in which the big intestine begins and into which the ileum opens.
- See cæcum.
- See cœcum.
- the cavity when the big intestine begins and into that the ileum opens
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Definition for "cecum"
- A saclike hole with one orifice.
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Sentence for "cecum"
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Synonym for "cecum"
- caecum
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Hypernym for "cecum"
- cavum
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Etymologically Related for "cecum"
- cecal
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Same Context for "cecum"
- ileum
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Variant for "cecum"
- ceca
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Urban Dictionary for "cecum"
- or caecum; an anatomical cul-de-sac, that…
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Medical Dictionary for "cecum"
- initial portion of the large bowel,…
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