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CECUM (ceca)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cecum mean? 

CECUM (noun)
  The noun CECUM has 1 sense:

1. the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opensplay

  Familiarity information: CECUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CECUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

blind gut; caecum; cecum

Context example:

the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum

Hypernyms ("cecum" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "cecum"):

appendix; cecal appendage; vermiform appendix; vermiform process (a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch)

Holonyms ("cecum" is a part of...):

large intestine (beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces)

Derivation:

cecal (of or like a cecum)


 Context examples 


An extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma that arises from the cecum.

(Cecum Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A well differentiated, low grade neuroendocrine tumor (carcinoid tumor) that arises from the cecum.

(Cecum Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the cecum.

(Cecum Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine.

(Ileocecal Valve, NCI Thesaurus)

It connects to the cecum (first part of the large intestine).

(Ileum, NCI Dictionary)

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm that affects the cecum.

(Malignant Cecum Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Partly digested food moves through the cecum into the colon, where water and some nutrients and electrolytes are removed.

(Large intestine, NCI Dictionary)

Administration of a drug within the distal portion of the small intestine, from the jejunum to the cecum.

(Intraileal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

An extranodal lymphoma that arises from the cecum.

(Cecum Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant epithelial neoplasm that arises from the cecum and invades through the muscularis mucosa into the submucosa.

(Cecum Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)



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