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)

(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.

Synonyms

blind gut

Derived terms

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 (zh), 盲肠 (zh) (mángcháng)
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)
Japanese: 盲腸 (ja) (もうちょう, mōchō)
Maori: kopa whēkau
Portuguese: ceco (pt) m
Romanian: cec (ro) n, cecum (ro) n
Russian: слепа́я кишка́ f (slepája kišká)
Spanish: ciego (es) m, intestino ciego (es) m
Swedish: blindtarm (sv) c
Turkish: kör bağırsak (tr), çekum (tr)
Vietnamese: ruột tịt, manh tràng

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.kum/, [ˈkae̯.kũ]

Adjective

caecum

nominative neuter singular of caecus

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