| CAE | A worldwide disease of goats caused by the caprine arthritis-encephalomyelitis virus; two syndromes are recognised, encephalomyelitis in kids and more commonly arthritis in adults. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| caeca | Plural of caecum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecal | 1. Relating to the caecum. 2. Ending blindly or in a cul-de-sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecal arteries | See: anterior caecal artery, posterior caecal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecal folds | The two peritoneal folds that border the retrocaecal fossa. Synonym: plicae caecales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecal foramen of frontal bone | <anatomy> Blind or caecal foramen of the frontal bone; the blind foramen formed immediately anterior to the crista galli by a notch at the lower end of the frontal crest and its articulation with the ethmoid bone. It is insignificant postnatally, but gives passage to vessels during development. Synonym: foramen caecum ossis frontalis, blind foramen of frontal bone, caecal foramen of frontal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecal foramen of the tongue | <anatomy> A median pit on the dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue, from which the limbs of a V-shaped furrow run forward and outward; it is the site of origin of the thyroid gland and subsequent thyroglossal duct in the embryo. Synonym: foramen caecum linguae, blind foramen of the tongue, caecal foramen of the tongue, Morgagni's foramen, pleuroperitoneal foramen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecal hernia | A hernia containing caecum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecal recess | One of several small pockets sometimes found extending alongside the right margin of the ascending colon near the caecum. Synonym: recessus retrocaecalis, caecal recess. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecal volvulus | <radiology> Two types: torsion leading to LUQ, Bascule (folded) leading to subhepatic, seen in institutionalised patients, associated with high-bulk diet (Africa, Balkans), sigmoid volvulus is more common (12 Dec 1998) |
| caecectomy | Excision of the caecum. Synonym: typhlectomy. Origin: caeco-+ G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecitis | Inflammation of the caecum. Synonym: typhlenteritis, typhlitis, typhloenteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caeco- | The caecum. See: typhlo-. Origin: L. Caecum, cecum, blind (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecocentral scotoma | A scotoma involving the optic disk area (blind spot) and the papillomacular fibres; there are three forms: 1) the caecocentral defect which extends from the blind spot toward or into the fixation area; 2) angioscotoma; 3) glaucomatous nerve-fibre bundle scotoma, due to involvement of nerve-fibre bundles at the edge of the optic disk. See: Bjerrum's scotoma, Ronne's nasal step. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caecocolostomy | Formation of an anastomosis between caecum and colon. (05 Mar 2000) |