caecum

[ see-kuhm ]

/ ˈsi kəm /

Save This Word!

noun, plural cae·ca

[see-kuh]. /ˈsi kə/.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

OTHER WORDS FROM caecum

caecal, adjectivecae·cal·ly, adverbpost·cae·cal, adjectivesub·cae·cal, adjective

Words nearby caecum

caducous, Cadwalader, Cadwallader, CAE, caecilian, caecum, Cædmon, Caelian, Caelum, Caen, caeno-

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use caecum in a sentence

He also recognised and figured the great prolongation backwards of the embryo-sac as an empty, absorbent caecum.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
In the region of the yolk-stalk it is somewhat enlarged and ends in a blind sac like a caecum.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator|Albert M. Reese
Dorsal to the gizzard the section cuts the so-called caecum, ce, a little nearer its anterior end than is shown in figure 7.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator|Albert M. Reese
The mouth leads into the buccal cavity, on the ventral side of which opens the radular caecum.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2|Various

The stomach is complex, and the intestine simple, and only in some species provided with a small caecum.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7|Various

British Dictionary definitions for caecum

caecum

US cecum

/ (ˈsiːkəm) /

noun plural -ca (-kə)

anatomy any structure or part that ends in a blind sac or pouch, esp the pouch that marks the beginning of the large intestine

Derived forms of caecum

caecal or US cecal, adjective

Word Origin for caecum

C18: short for Latin intestinum caecum blind intestine, translation of Greek tuphlon enteron

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012