Akademik

blind gut

noun

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

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the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum

• Syn: ↑cecum, ↑caecum

• Derivationally related forms: ↑caecal (for: ↑caecum), ↑cecal (for: ↑cecum)

• Hypernyms: ↑cavity, ↑bodily cavity, ↑cavum

• Part Holonyms: ↑large intestine

• Part Meronyms: ↑appendix, ↑vermiform appendix, ↑vermiform process, ↑cecal appendage

Useful english dictionary. 2012.