Etymology

typhlon

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Today it means: The caecum, or blind gut. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τυφλὸν
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτυφλὸν“blind”
  2. English todaytyphlon

Ancient Greek τυφλὸν (tuphlòn, “blind”).

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