ileocecal valve

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   valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine

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Questions about ileocecal valve

What does ileocecal valve mean?

ileocecal valve means "valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine".

Is ileocecal valve a common word?

ileocecal valve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.