~ CECUM  or CAECUM from
         lat CAECUS = BLIND or A BLIND END
  biol> med> in sp CIEGO  = CECUM or BLIND for
                           BLIND INTESTINE or the
  THE FIRST PART OF THE LARGE BOWEL or
  ASCENDING COLON which is an ATROPHIC or ATAVIC
  COMPONENT AS IS THE APPENDIX IT INCLUDES
  as other ATAVIC ORGANS THE APPENDIX IS A CAUSE OF
  APPENDICITS  FORMERLY SEVERE AND OFTEN
  FATAL INFLAMMATION

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