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    3. 盲腸

    盲腸

    盲もう腸ちょう

    cecum

    KMT10News #36+1CoreNounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab21 strokes

    もうちょう

    Noun

    1.
    cecum, caecum, blind gut
    anatomy
    2.
    (vermiform) appendix
    colloquial
    3.
    appendicitis
    colloquial

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    彼かれは盲もう腸ちょうの手しゅ術じゅつを受うけました。

    He underwent an appendectomy (surgery for appendicitis).

    KMT7Medicine & Health
    腹ふく痛つうがひどい場ば合あい、盲もう腸ちょう炎えんの可か能のう性せいがあるので病びょう院いんへ行いくべきです。

    If you have severe abdominal pain, you should go to the hospital as it might be appendicitis.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    盲もう腸ちょう炎えんは、虫ちゅう垂すいが炎えん症しょうを起おこす病びょう気きです。

    Appendicitis is a disease where the appendix becomes inflamed.

    KMT10Medicine & Health
    盲もう腸ちょうは消しょう化か器き系けいの一 部 ですが、その機き能のうについてはまだ不ふ明めいな点てんが多おおいです。

    The cecum is part of the digestive system, but many aspects of its function are still unknown.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    人にん間げんには盲もう腸ちょうがありますが、草そう食しょく動どう物ぶつの盲もう腸ちょうはもっと発はっ達たつしています。

    Humans have a cecum, but the cecum of herbivores is more developed.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthAnimalsScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    盲
    めくら…(1)
    blind・blind man・ignoramus
    腸
    はらわた・わた…(1)
    intestines・guts・bowels・viscera
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