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plural caecums or caeca
(anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon. quotations examples
After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation.
1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition