caecum

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• cæcum
• cecum

Etymology

Latin (ininum) caecum ‘blind gut’, translation of Greek τυφλόν ἔντερον.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsiːkəm/

Noun

caecum (plural caeca)

1. (anatomy) A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.

   • 1970: After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation. — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

Synonyms

• blind gut

Derived terms

• caecal
• caecally

Translations

blind pouch connected to the large intestine

• Bulgarian: сляпо черво (bg) (sljapo červo) n, апандисит (bg) (apandisit) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盲腸 (cmn), 盲肠 (cmn) (mángcháng)

• Finnish: umpisuoli (fi)
• French: cæcum (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრმა ნაწლავი (ka) (brma naclavi)
• German: Blinddarm (de) m
• Icelandic: botnristill (is) m

• Japanese: 盲腸 (ja) (もうちょう, mōchō)
• Portuguese: ceco (pt) m
• Romanian: cec (ro) n, cecum (ro) n
• Russian: слепая кишка (ru) (slepája kišká) f
• Spanish: ciego (es) m, intestino ciego (es) m
• Swedish: blindtarm (sv) c
• Turkish: kör bağırsak (tr), çekum (tr)

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Latin

Adjective

caecum

1. nominative neuter singular of caecus