different between caecal vs caecum

English

Alternative forms

• cæcal
• cecal

Adjective

caecal (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the caecum.

Derived terms

• ileocaecal, intercaecal, retrocaecal, subcaecal

Translations

French

Adjective

caecal (feminine singular caecale, masculine plural caecaux, feminine plural caecales)

1. caecal

English

Alternative forms

• cæcum (obsolete)
• cecum (American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intest?num caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek ?????? ??????? (tuphlòn énteron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?.k?m/
• Rhymes: -i?k?m

Noun

caecum (plural caeca)

1. (anatomy) A 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.

   Synonym: blind gut

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “caecum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “cecum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

French

Noun

caecum f (plural caecums)

1. Alternative spelling of cæcum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kae?.kum/, [?käe?k???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??e.kum/, [?t????kum]

Etymology 1

From caecus (“having no light; uncertain, doubtful”).

Noun

caecum n (genitive caec?); second declension

1. (poetic) Uncertainty, obscurity.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

caecum

1. inflection of caecus:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

• caecus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press