Meanings
plural caecums · plural caeca · alternative dated cæcum · alternative US cecum
- anatomyA cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation.
1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity ExhibitionSynonyms: blind gut
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekτῠφλὸν ἔντερον
- Latincaecum“invisible, hidden”
- Englishcaecum
Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intestīnum caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τῠφλὸν ἔντερον (tŭphlòn énteron).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sekum
- sekumblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Bulgarian сляпо черво, цекум
- сляпо черво (sljapo červo)blind pouch connected to the large intestine
- цекум (cekum)blind pouch connected to the large intestine
Catalan cec
- cecblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Chinese Mandarin 盲腸 /盲肠
- 盲腸 /盲肠 (mángcháng)blind pouch connected to the large intestine
Czech slepé střevo
- slepé střevoblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Danish blindtarm
- blindtarmblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Finnish umpisuoli
- umpisuoliblind pouch connected to the large intestine
French cæcum, cécum
- cæcumblind pouch connected to the large intestine
- cécumblind pouch connected to the large intestine
German Blinddarm
- Blinddarmblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Hungarian vakbél
- vakbélblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Icelandic botnristill
- botnristillblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Irish caochán
- caochánblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Japanese 盲腸
- 盲腸 (mōchō)blind pouch connected to the large intestine
Māori kopa whēkau
- kopa whēkaublind pouch connected to the large intestine
Norwegian Bokmål blindtarm
- blindtarmblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Polish jelito ślepe
- jelito ślepeblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Portuguese ceco
- cecoblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Romanian cec, cecum
- cecblind pouch connected to the large intestine
- cecumblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Russian слепа́я кишка́
- слепа́я кишка́ (slepája kišká)blind pouch connected to the large intestine
Slovak slepé črevo
- slepé črevoblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Spanish ciego, intestino ciego
- ciegoblind pouch connected to the large intestine
- intestino ciegoblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Swedish blindtarm
- blindtarmblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Turkish kör bağırsak, çekum
- kör bağırsakblind pouch connected to the large intestine
- çekumblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Ukrainian сліпа кишка
- сліпа кишка (slipa kyška)blind pouch connected to the large intestine
Vietnamese ruột tịt, manh tràng
- ruột tịtblind pouch connected to the large intestine
- manh tràngblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Welsh coluddyn dall
- coluddyn dallblind pouch connected to the large intestine
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with caecum
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Cite this entry
caecum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caecum
“caecum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caecum. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caecum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caecum.
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