CECUM
\sˈɛkəm], \sˈɛkəm], \s_ˈɛ_k_ə_m]\
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By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The blind gut, the caput coli; the pouchlike initial portion of the large intestine, so called because it is prolonged downward in the form of a cul-de-sac. It is situated in the right iliac fossa, and merges insensibly into the ascending colon. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Platidiam
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