caecum

See also: cæcum

English

Alternative forms

• cæcum, cecum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin (ininum) caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τυφλὸν ἔντερον (tuphlòn énteron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkəm/

Noun

caecum (plural caeca)

1. (anatomy) A blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
   • 1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:

     After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation.

   Synonym: blind gut

Derived terms

• caecal
• caecally
• caecitis
• mesocaecum
• punctum caecum
• pyloric caecum

 

Translations

blind pouch connected to the large intestine

• Afrikaans: sekum (af)
• Bulgarian: сляпо черво n (sljapo červo), апандисит m (apandisit)
• Catalan: cec (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盲腸／盲肠 (zh) (mángcháng), 盲肠 (zh) (mángcháng)

• Danish: blindtarm (da) c
• Finnish: umpisuoli (fi)
• French: cæcum (fr) m
• Galician: cego (gl) m, intestino cego m, paiolo (gl) m
• Georgian: ბრმა ნაწლავი (ka) (brma nac̣lavi)
• German: Blinddarm (de) m
• Icelandic: botnristill (is) m
• Ido: ceko (io)
• Irish: caochán (ga) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 盲腸 (ja) (もうちょう, mōchō)
• Maori: kopa whēkau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blindtarm m

  Nynorsk: blindtarm m

• Portuguese: ceco (pt) m
• Romanian: cec (ro) n, cecum (ro) n
• Russian: слепа́я кишка́ f (slepája kišká)
• Slovak: slepé črevo (sk) ?
• Spanish: ciego (es) m, intestino ciego (es) m
• Swedish: blindtarm (sv) c
• Turkish: kör bağırsak (tr), çekum (tr)
• Ukrainian: сліпа кишка f (slipa kyška)
• Vietnamese: ruột tịt, manh tràng

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.kum/, [ˈkäe̯kʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.kum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːkum]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) caecum

1. nominative neuter singular of caecus