caecum

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cae=cum

CIDE DICTIONARY

caecum, n. [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.].

 A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.  [1913 Webster]
" The cæcum 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 cæca."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

caecum, n. (US cecum) (pl. -ca) a blind-ended pouch at the junction of the small and large intestines.

Derivative

caecal adj.

Etymology

L for intestinum caecum f. caecus blind, transl. of Gk tuphlon enteron

ROGET THESAURUS

caecum

Closure

N closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper, closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable, invious, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug.