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noun caecum n. (pl. caecums, L. caeca) (Anat.) (a)A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b)The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; called also the blind gut. (Also spelled cecum) Note: The caecum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal caeca.
cecum n. The caecum, the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens. Synonyms: caecum, blind gut.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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