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ceca

ceca

9.9
Small pouches in the gut of some animals that help digest food
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːkə/
  • Specialized
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  • The ceca empty only once a day, and since they're blind sacks, the salmonella settle there and don't get flushed out as fast.

Examples

  • "Tony thought an important part of salmonella colonization in poultry was salmonella's ability to attach in the ceca," recalls Corrier.

    Academic text (1994)

  • "Ceca are reservoirs of salmonella in the birds," explains Texas A&M's Hargis.

    Academic text (1994)

  • "CF-3 also reduced salmonella in the ceca by 99.9 percent," reports Corrier.

    Academic text (1994)

  • "Ceca are reservoirs of salmonella in the ceca," explains Texas A&M's Hargis.

  • The ceca empty only once a day, and since they're blind sacks, the salmonella settle there and don't get flushed out as fast.

  • "CF-3 also reduced salmonella in the ceca by 99.9 percent," reports Corrier.

Surface Forms

ceca plural

Etymology

The word ceca is the plural of cecum, from the Latin caecum meaning 'blind', because each cecum is a 'blind' pouch in the gut that does not open to another part. So the origin helps: ceca are called that because they are 'blind' pockets in the digestive system.