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Definition of caecum noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

caecum

noun
 
/ˈsiːkəm/
 
/ˈsiːkəm/
(British English)
(North American English cecum)
(plural caeca, ceca
 
/ˈsiːkə/
 
/ˈsiːkə/
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  1. a small bag that is part of the intestine, between the small and the large intestine
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin (intestinum) caecum ‘blind (gut)’, translation of Greek tuphlon enteron.

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