blind gut

What does blind gut mean?

blind gut means "the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens".

What is another word for blind gut?

Close synonyms include cecum, caecum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blind gut a common word?

blind gut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for blind gut come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.