Caecum

Definition: Caecum

Caecum

Noun

1. The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum".

Date "caecum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Etymology: Caecum \C[ae]"cum\, noun; plural C[ae]cums, from Latin expression C[ae]ca. [Latin expression caecus blind, invisible, concealed.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	The blind pouch in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens from one side(2). Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Caecum

Synonyms: blind gut (n), cecum (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Closure	Noun: closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up; Verb: obstruction; (hindrance); embolus; contraction; infarction; constipation, obstipation; blind alley, blind corner; keddah; cul-de-sac, caecum; imperforation, imperviousness; Adjective: impermeability; stopper.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Caecum

English words defined with "caecum": Caeca, Caecums ♦ Ileocaecal ♦ Mesocaecum ♦ Perityphlitis ♦ Typhlitis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "caecum": Taenia coli. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Caecum" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (caecum, cecum), Latin (caecum, cecum, coecum).

"Caecum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Caecum" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	65	41,645

Expression using "caecum": punctum caecum. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "caecum": mouth-to-caecum.
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Language		Translations for "caecum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		сляпо черво (cul de sac). (various references)

Czech		slepé střevo. (various references)

Danish		coecum (cecum, coecum), caecum (cecum, coecum), blindtarm (blind gut, cecum, coecum). (various references)

Dutch		cecum (cecum, coecum), caecum (cecum, coecum), Lat:coecum (cecum, coecum), blindedarm (cecum, coecum), blinde darm (blind gut, cecum, coecum). (various references)

French		caecum. (various references)

German		blinddarm (appendix, cecum, coecum). (various references)

Greek		τυφλόν έντερον (cecum, coecum), τυφλό έντερο (appendix). (various references)

Hebrew		מעי אטום. (various references)

Hungarian		vakbél (appendices, appendix, blind gut). (various references)

Italian		cieco (blind, blind person, cecum, coecum, sightless, sightless person, unseeing). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		盲腸 (appendix). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		もうちょう (appendix, bird of prey). (various references)

Pig Latin		aecumcay.(various references)

Portuguese		ceco, cécum (blind gut), apêndice (addendum, annex, appendage, appendix, blind gut, supplement). (various references)

Romanian		cecum. (various references)

Russian		слепая кишка (blind gut, cecum). (various references)

Spanish		ciego (blind, blind person, blinding, cecum, coecum, indiscriminate, mask, purblind, sightless, unseeing). (various references)

Swedish		blindtarm (appendix). (various references)

Turkish		körbağırsak (blind gut, vermiform appendix). (various references)

Ukranian		сліпа кишка. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	caecum, caput coli. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	John Chapter 9, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai paragwn eiden anqrwpon tuflon ek genethV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et praeteriens vidit hominem caecum a nativitate
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða se hælend for; þa ge-seah heænne man. þe wæs blind ge-boren.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Jhesus passynge, seiy a man blynd fro the birthe.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And as Iesus passed by he sawe a man which was blynde from his birth.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from his birth.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	John Chapter 9, Verse 1
Bulgarian	А като оми нозете им и си взе мантията седна пак и рече им: Знаете ли какво ви сторих?
Cebuano	¶ Ug sa pag-agi ni Jesus, iyang nakita ang usa ka tawo nga buta sukad pa sa iyang pagkahimugso.
Chinese	耶穌過去的時候、看見一個人 �"� 來是瞎眼的。
Croatian	Prolazeæi ugleda èovjeka slijepa od roðenja.
Danish	Og da han gik forbi så han et Menneske, som var blindt fra Fødselen.
Dutch	En voorbijgaande, zag Hij een mens, blind van de geboorte af.
Finnish	Ja ohi kulkiessaan hän näki miehen, joka syntymästään saakka oli ollut sokea.
French	Jésus vit, en passant, un homme aveugle de naissance.
German	Und Jesus ging vorüber und sah einen, der blind geboren war.
Haitian Creole	¶ Jezi t'ap pase yon kote konsa lè l' wè yon nonm ki te avèg depi li te fèt.
Hungarian	És a mint eltávozék, láta egy embert, a ki születésétõl fogva vak vala.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Waktu Yesus berjalan, Ia melihat orang yang buta sejak lahir.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tatkala Ia lalu, dilihat-Nya seorang yang buta dari mula jadinya.
Italian	Passando vide un uomo cieco dalla nascita
Korean	예 수 께 서 길 가 실 때 에 � 때 부 터 소 경 된 사 람 을 보 � 지 라
Latvian	Un Jçzus, garâm iedams, ieraudzîja cilvçku, kas no dzimðanas bija neredzîgs.
Maori	¶ Na, i a Ihu e haere ana, ka kite ia i tetahi tangata i matapo, no tona whanautanga mai ano.
Norwegian	Jesus helbreder en blindfødt på en sabbat, 1-12; fariseerne tar den blindfødte i forhør, søker forgjeves å få ham til å nekte undergjemingen, håner ham for hans frimodige svar og viser ham bort i harme, 13-34. Han møter Jesus og bekjenner sin tro på ham, 35-38. Jesus taler om de ikke seende som skal få syn, og de seende som skal bli blinde, og forkynner dom over fariseerne, 39-41.
Portuguese	E passando Jesus, viu um homem cego de nascença.
Rumanian	Cknd trecea, Isus a vqzut pe un orb din nawtere.
Russian	й, � ТПИП�"С, ХЧЙ�"ЕМ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ, УМЕ� ПЗП ПФ ТПЦ�"ЕОЙС.
Shuar	¶ Jesus ni unuiniamurijiai wesa aishmankan kusuru akiinian Wáinkiamiayi.
Spanish	Mientras pasaba Jesús, vio a un hombre ciego de nacimiento,
Swahili	Yesu alipokuwa akipita alimwona mtu mmoja, kipofu tangu kuzaliwa.
Swedish	Jesus botar en blindfödd man.
Thai	เมื่อพระเยซูเส�"็จ�"ำเนินไปนั้น พระองค์ทอ�"พระเนตรเห็นชายคนหนึ่งตาบอ�"แต่กำเนิ�"
Ukrainian	¶ А коли �'ін проходив, побачив чоловіка, що сліпим був з народження.
Uma	¶ Bula-na Yesus momako', mpohilo-i hadua tauna to wero ngkai lomo' kaputu-na.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Words rhyming with "caecum" (pronounced 'C[ae]"cum'): Crincum, Crincum-crancum, Mesocaecum, molluscum, talcum, Tucum, Viscum. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-m-u"
	-1 letter: cecum, mecca.
	-2 letters: acme, came, ceca, mace.
	-3 letters: ace, amu, cam, cue, cum, eau, ecu, emu, mac, mae.
	-4 letters: ae, am, em, ma, me, mu, um.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-m-u"
	+3 letters: calcaneum, creamcups, micaceous.
	+4 letters: accruement, accumulate, accustomed, catechumen, ecumenical, unacademic.
	+5 letters: accruements, accumulated, accumulates, catechumens, comeuppance, communicate, contumacies, encumbrance, euchromatic, macronuclei, oecumenical, scaramouche, succedaneum, uncinematic.
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