caecum
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Diagram of the digestive tract, with the caecum marked in red.
See also: cæcum
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intestīnum caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τῠφλὸν ἔντερον (tuphlòn énteron).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiː.kəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːkəm
Noun
caecum (plural caecums or caeca)
- (anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
- Synonym: blind gut
- 1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
- After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation.
Derived terms
Translations
blind pouch connected to the large intestine
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References
- “caecum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cecum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
French
Noun
caecum f (plural caecums)
- Alternative spelling of cæcum
Further reading
- “caecum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkae̯.kum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.kum/,
Etymology 1
From caecus (“having no light; uncertain, doubtful”).
Noun
caecum n (genitive caecī); second declension
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | caecum | caeca |
| Genitive | caecī | caecōrum |
| Dative | caecō | caecīs |
| Accusative | caecum | caeca |
| Ablative | caecō | caecīs |
| Vocative | caecum | caeca |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
caecum
- inflection of caecus:
References
- “caecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press