What's the difference between caecal and cecal?

Caecal


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the caecum, or blind gut.
  • (a.) Having the form of a caecum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the caecal extremity of a duct.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The use of the pellet binder "Lingnosol FG" in broiler diets at three levels plus a control group revealed differences in the consistency, quantity and color of the caecal contents between the treated and untreated groups.
  • (2) The surviving test hamsters were killed after 14 days and, in most cases, were colonised by C. difficile, though levels of toxins A and B in caecal contents were low.
  • (3) All animals were capable of adapting to 20% dietary xylitol and an accompanying enhancement of the ability of caecal and faecal flora to utilize xylitol was observed.
  • (4) The animals were fitted with ileo-caecal re-entrant cannulas.
  • (5) It is proposed that the prime site of somatostatin action was in the abomasal to caecal region, where somatostatin-secreting D cells are found in greatest concentration, that effects observed in the large intestine and rumen may represent secondary compensatory mechanisms and that the effects observed were due to direct action of somatostatin and were not mediated by other GI hormones.
  • (6) In the proximal caecal tract, the lamina propria showed the highest growth rate, while in the distal tract, the caecal wall component the subserous stratum did.
  • (7) The pectin supplement reduced protein concentration in jejunal contents while cellulose reduced protein concentration in the ileal and caecal contents.
  • (8) Electrolyte transport across rabbit caecal epithelium was investigated in vitro using conventional short-circuiting and radioisotope techniques.
  • (9) The caecal mucosa of wild young and adult grouse infected naturally with Trichostrongylus tenuis was examined by means of scanning electron microscopy and compared with adult grouse which had been treated with an anthelmintic.
  • (10) In (a) postprandial SVA energy measurements were greater (SVA [*X (SEM)] = 406,933 (98,224] and oral to caecal transit of the solid meal was more rapid (OCTT = *90 (29) min) in the severe diarrhoea patients [postgastrectomy] than either the mild diarrhoea group (*SVA = 235,317 (50,780); *OCTT = *199 (42) min) or normal volunteers (*SVA = 212,062 (27,153); *OCTT = 242 (19) min) [p less than 0.01 for SVA and OCTT].
  • (11) An increase in caecal and colonic uptake of cholesterol was observed after the surgical operation.
  • (12) Of 155 patients with a subsequently confirmed alternative condition, ultrasonography made the correct diagnosis in 140: bacterial ileocaecitis (69), mesenteric lymphadenitis (eight), gynaecological conditions (34), urological conditions (eight), caecal diverticulitis (six), perforated peptic ulcer (six), Crohn's disease (two) and miscellaneous conditions (seven).
  • (13) Caecal crypt cell production rate, as determined stathmokinetically at 28 weeks, was not consistently affected by transposition.
  • (14) Diversion with a continent caecal reservoir was associated with fewer stoma-related problems and seemed to allow the patients greater freedom to continue activities such as sport, travel and social life.
  • (15) Moreover, caecal lesions induced by E tenella were more severe in chickens given both E tenella and E coli than in those given E tenella alone.
  • (16) This poses problems in the safety evaluation of such additives, both in relation to the significance of the caecal enlargement and to the associated effects on food efficiency and nitrogen balance.
  • (17) Changes in the amount and distribution of acid and alkaline phosphatase, non-specific esterase, glycogen, lipid and acid mucopolysaccharide in the caecal wall and liver of turkey poults infected with Histomonas meleagridis have been studied histochemically.
  • (18) The mean total C perfringens counts in the caecal contents increased at five days after E tenella inoculation and reached maximum counts at seven days after the inoculation.
  • (19) It is postulated that complete transmural rupture of the caecum was prevented by partial decompression of caecal air into the bowel wall.
  • (20) I report a case of intestinal pseudo-obstruction, spontaneous caecal perforation and faecal peritonitis caused by an overdose of amitriptyline.

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