| Cecil | Arthur Bond, U.S. Urologist, 1885-1967. See: cecil urethroplasty. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cecropin | <protein> One of a group of inducible antibacterial proteins purified and characterised from Hyalophora cecropia (silkmoth) pupae and now found in several other species of endopterygote insects. Small basic proteins that cause lysis of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. (13 Nov 1997) |
| cecum | <anatomy> A blind pouch-like commencement of the colon in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen at the end of the small intestine. The appendix is a diverticulum that extends off the caecum. (13 Nov 1997) |