Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caecum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caecum \C[ae]"cum\, n.; pl. {C[ae]cums}, L. {C[ae]ca}. [L.
caecus blind, invisible, concealed.] (Anat.)
(a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or
duct.
(b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance
of the small intestine; -- called also the {blind gut}.
Note: The c[ae]cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in
a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in
herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of
the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous
intestinal c[ae]ca.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caecum
n : the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into
which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of
the cecum" [syn: {cecum}, {blind gut}]
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