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ileocecal

[ il-ee-oh-see-kuhl ]

adjective

Anatomy.
  1. of, relating to, or involving the ileum and cecum.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ileocecal1

First recorded in 1840–50; ileo- + cecal ( def )
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Something called the ileocecal valve, located between the small intensive and large intestine, may be involved, according to Jef L’Ecuyer, a registered dietician.

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The test had been routine until Chan got close to the spot where the colon and the small intestine connect, a structure known as the ileocecal valve.

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It is possible to force open the ileocecal valve from the wrong direction, but it does not happen naturally, in the course of day-to-day living.

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No less than five experimenters, representing Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, from 1878 to 1885, tested the competence of the ileocecal valve.

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The ileocecal valve, the anatomical portal between the small intestine and the colon, opens in one direction only.

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