different between caecum vs caecotrophy

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

• cecotrophy

Etymology

From caecum +? -trophy.

Noun

caecotrophy (uncountable)

1. (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.

   Hypernym: coprophagy

   • 2008, A. Belenguer et al., "Alternative methodologies to estimate ingestion of caecotrophes in growing rabbits," Livestock Science, vol. 115, no.1, p. 13,

     The second group (T-2: 6 rabbits) was also fed the labelled diet but only during the last ten days of the fattening period when animals were fitted a neck collar to prevent caecotrophy.

Related terms

• caecotroph
• caecotrophagic
• caecotrophic

See also

• reingestion