caecum

== English == === Alternative forms === cæcum (dated) cecum (US) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intestīnum caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τῠφλὸν ἔντερον (tŭphlòn énteron). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiː.kəm/ Rhymes: -iːkəm === Noun === caecum (plural caecums or caeca) (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, 2019–2022. “cecum”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === ceacum == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /se.kɔm/ === Noun === caecum f (plural caecums) alternative spelling of cæcum === Further reading === “caecum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkae̯.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.kum] === Etymology 1 === From caecus (“having no light; uncertain, doubtful”). ==== Noun ==== caecum n (genitive caecī); second declension (poetic) Uncertainty, obscurity. ===== Inflection ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== caecum inflection of caecus: accusative masculine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular === References === “caecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press