different between caecum vs caeca

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

English

Alternative forms

• ceca

Noun

caeca

1. plural of caecum

Latin

Adjective

caeca

1. nominative feminine singular of caecus
2. nominative neuter plural of caecus
3. accusative neuter plural of caecus
4. vocative feminine singular of caecus
5. vocative neuter plural of caecus

Adjective

caec?

1. ablative feminine singular of caecus