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Caecal adj. (Anat.)

Of or pertaining to the caecum, or blind gut.

Having the form of a caecum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the caecal extremity of a duct.

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Etymology of 'Caecal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Caecal" Quotes from Famous Books

... folds into which it is thrown. It is the longest part of the small intestine, and terminates in the right iliac region, opening into the large intestine. This opening is guarded by the folds of the membrane forming the ileo-caecal valve, which permits the passage of material from the small to the large intestine, but ...

— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell

... nitrogenous substance, being fibrous and tough unless when the roots are young and quickly grown. On this account they should not be eaten when at all old and hard by persons of slow digestion, because apt to lodge in the intestines, and to become entangled in their caecal pouch, or in its appendix. But boiled Radishes are almost equal to asparagus when served at table, provided they have been cooked long enough to become tender, that is, for almost an hour. The syrup of radishes is excellent for hoarseness, bronchial difficulty ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

Words linked to "Caecal" : cecum, cecal