1. Noun
A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.
2. Noun
The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut.
3. Noun
the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
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