Cecum

Definition: Cecum

Cecum

Noun

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

"Cecum" is a common misspelling or typo for: calcium, cesium, scum.

Domain	Definitions
Health	The beginning of the large intestine. The cecum is connected to the lower part of the small intestine, called the ileum. (references)
Medicine	The blind pouch in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens from one side(2). Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Cecum

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

Crosswords: Cecum

English words defined with "cecum": appendix, arteria ileocolica, ascending colon ♦ caecal, cecal, cecal appendage, colon, colonoscope, colonoscopy ♦ ileocecal valve, ileocolic artery, ileocolic vein, ileum ♦ large intestine ♦ superior mesenteric artery ♦ vena ileocolica, vermiform appendix, vermiform process. (references)

Specialty definitions using "cecum": Cecal Neoplasms, Cecostomy ♦ Mesenteric Artery, Superior ♦ Neocallimasticales. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Cecum" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Romanian (caecum).

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Line drawing showing colon, rectum, stomach, cecum, appendix, small intestine and anus.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The adult worms (approximately 4 cm in length) live in the cecum and ascending colon. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Cecum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cecum" is used about 2 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%	2	245,945

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Language		Translations for "cecum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏المعي الاعور. (various references)

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

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

Farsi		اعور. (various references)

Finnish		umpisuoli. (various references)

French		caecum. (various references)

German		Coecum (caecum, coecum), Cecum (caecum, coecum), Caecum (caecum, coecum), Zoekum (caecum, coecum), Zaekum (caecum, coecum), Intestinum caecum (caecum, coecum), Blinddarm (appendix, caecum, coecum). (various references)

Greek		τυφλόν έντερον (caecum, coecum). (various references)

Italian		cieco (blind, blind person, caecum, coecum, sightless, sightless person, unseeing), caput coli (caecum, coecum), caecum (caecum, coecum), intestino cieco (blind gut, caecum, coecum). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecumcay

Portuguese		buraco cego do bolbo raquidiano (foramen caecum of medulla oblongata, foramen cecum of medulla oblongata). (various references)

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

Spanish		ciego (blind, blind person, blinding, caecum, coecum, indiscriminate, mask, purblind, sightless, unseeing), intestino ciego (blind gut, caecum, coecum). (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.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-m-u"
	-2 letters: cue, cum, ecu, emu.
	-3 letters: em, me, mu, um.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-m-u"
	+1 letter: caecum.
	+3 letters: cucumber, ecumenic, leucemic, mercuric.
	+4 letters: calcaneum, churchmen, creamcups, cucumbers, ecumenics, micaceous, succumbed.
	+5 letters: accruement, accumulate, accustomed, catechumen, circumcise, circumflex, circumfuse, circumvent, councilmen, ecumenical, incumbency, microcurie, microluces, recumbency, tumescence, unacademic, uneconomic.
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