ILEOCECAL VALVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ileocecal valve mean? 

• ILEOCECAL VALVE (noun)
  The noun ILEOCECAL VALVE has 1 sense:

1. valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine

  Familiarity information: ILEOCECAL VALVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILEOCECAL VALVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ileocecal valve" is a kind of...):

valve (a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it)

 Context examples 

Neoplasms of the ileum including the ileocecal valve.

(Ileal Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Excludes ileocecal valve C18.0

(Ileum, NCI Thesaurus/ICD)