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CECAL APPENDAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch
Synonyms:
appendix; cecal appendage; vermiform appendix; vermiform process
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cecal appendage" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
Holonyms ("cecal appendage" is a part of...):
blind gut; caecum; cecum (the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens)
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