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CECUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: ceca   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens

Example:

the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum

Synonyms:

blind gut; caecum; cecum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cecum" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "cecum"):

appendix; cecal appendage; vermiform appendix; vermiform process (a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch)

Holonyms ("cecum" is a part of...):

large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)

Derivation:

cecal (of or like a cecum)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A disorder characterized by bleeding from the cecum.

(Cecal Hemorrhage, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm arising from the wall of the cecum.

(Benign Cecum Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An infectious process affecting the cecum.

(Cecal Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the cecum.

(Cecal Infection, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

An adenocarcinoma arising from the cecum.

(Cecum Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Surgical creation of an opening in the cecum.

(Cecostomy, NCI Thesaurus)

A small, fingerlike pouch that sticks out from the cecum (the first part of the large intestine near the end of the small intestine).

(Appendix, NCI Dictionary)

Bleeding originating in the cecum.

(Cecal Hemorrhage, NCI Thesaurus)