1. of, relating to, or like a cecum (a pouch-shaped part of the large intestine)
Usage: medical/anatomical term; also spelled 'caecal' in British English

Examples

• The cecal appendix is a small tube attached to the beginning of the large intestine.
• Doctors examined the patient's cecal region during the colonoscopy.
• Inflammation of the cecal area can cause abdominal pain.
• The cecal valve controls the flow of material from the small intestine to the large intestine.
• Cecal cancer is a type of colorectal cancer that develops in the cecum.