: a cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct) especially: the blind pouch at the beginning of the large intestine into which the ileum opens from one side and which is continuous with the colon
Other Words from cecum
cecal or chiefly British caecal\ˈsē-kəl \adjective
cecally\ˈsē-kə-lē \ or chiefly British caecallyadverb
First Known Use of cecum
circa 1721, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for cecum
New Latin, from Latin intestinum caecum, literally, blind intestine