Definition of Caecal

1. Adjective. Of or like a cecum.

Exact synonyms: Cecal
Derivative terms: Caecum, Cecum
Partainyms: Cecum, Cecum

Definition of Caecal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the caecum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caecal

1. caecum [adj] - See also: caecum

Medical Definition of Caecal

1. 1. Relating to the caecum. 2. Ending blindly or in a cul-de-sac. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caecal

caduca
caducary
caducean
caducei
caduceus
caducibranchiate
caducicorn
caducities
caducity
caducous
caduke
cadwaladerite
cadwaladerites
cady
caeca
caecal (current term)
caecal arteries
caecal folds
caecal foramen of frontal bone
caecal foramen of the tongue
caecal hernia
caecal recess
caecal volvulus
caecally
caecectomy
caecilian
caecilians
caecitis
caeco-
caecocentral scotoma

Literary usage of Caecal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Clinical Journal (1906)
"It was pointed out, first, I believe, by Mr. Eve, that in many of the so called ileo-caecal cases, the apex of the invagination was not the ileo-caecal ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1897)
"... not passed was found by this means located near the ileo-caecal valve ; apparently the progress downwards tif a Murphy button has not yet been watched. ..."

3. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"Brieger' tabulated forty-one cases in which the vermiform appendix was found to complicate the caecal hernia. ETIOLOGY. As a rule, these cases are of ..."

4. Researches on Phthisis, Anatomical, Pathological and Therapeutical by Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis (1844)
"The meso-caecal glands were somewhat less often tuberculous than those of the mesentery, ... caecal ..."

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