cecum and cecus - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

cēcum, -us n.

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Forms	cēcum, -us n.
Etymology	L

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

The caecum or blind-gut.

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?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/a : Cecum..colon..rectum.
?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/b : Monoculus or cecus..semeþ for to haue but one hole, þof al it haue 2 riȝt nere togider; bi þe tone goþ in þe mater & bi þe toþer it goþ out.

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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. cecum.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. cecus.