ceco-, cec-, caeco-, caec-

(Latin: blind, blind gut [first part of the large intestine, forming a dilated pouch into which open the ileum, the colon, and the appendix vermiformis]; any blind pouch)


caecal
caecotomy
cecalcecitis
cecocentral
cecocolic
cecocolon
cecocolostomy
cecofixation (noun), cecofixations (pl)
A suspension of the cecum, or any blind pouch or blind gut, to correct excessive movements of a bodily organ: Linda's mother had to go to the hospital to correct a cecofixation in her abdomen because it was causing pains.
cecoileostomy
cecopexy
Fixation of calcium in the tissues.
cecorrhaphy
cecostomy
cecotomy
cecum