caecum
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 6
/ˈsiː.kəm/
Definition of caecum
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
“After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intestīnum caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τῠφλὸν ἔντερον (tŭphlòn énteron).
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