different between caecum vs appendix

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

For Wiktionary's appendices, see Appendix:Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: ?-p?n'd?ks, IPA^(key): /??p?n.d?ks/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /??p?n.d?ks/

Noun

appendix (plural appendices or appendixes)

1. (obsolete in general sense) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
   • , vol.I, New York 2001, p.244:

     idleness is an appendix to nobility; they count it a disgrace to work, and spend all their days in sports, recreations, and pastimes […]

2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
3. (anatomy) The vermiform appendix, an inner organ that can become inflamed.
4. (anatomy) Any process, prolongation, or projection.

Usage notes

Both plural forms are found in various major dictionaries:

Synonyms

• (something attached): addition, attachment; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Derived terms

• appendical
• appendicitis
• appendectomy

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin appendix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?n.d?ks/
• Hyphenation: ap?pen?dix

Noun

appendix f (plural appendices)

1. An appendix, a section appended to the main body of a text or publication with peripheral information.

   Synonym: aanhangsel

2. A vermiform appendix.

   Synonym: wormvormig aanhangsel

3. The appendix of a balloon.

   Synonyms: vulaanhangsel, vulslurf

Derived terms

• appendicitis

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: apendiks

Latin

Etymology

From append? (“hang upon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ap?pen.diks/, [äp?p?n?d??ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap?pen.diks/, [?p?p?n?d?iks]

Noun

appendix f (genitive appendicis); third declension

1. supplement, addition
2. appendage
3. barberry (shrub)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

• appendicium
• append?
• appensor
• appensus

Descendants

References

• appendix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• appendix in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• appendix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• appendix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette