noun
cecum; blind gut
Anatomical term for the pouch at the beginning of the large intestine.
盲腸は大腸の一部で、小腸との接続部にある。
The cecum is part of the large intestine, located at the junction with the small intestine.
noun
Colloquial use; medically the vermiform appendix is 虫垂, but 盲腸 is widely used in everyday speech.
See also: 虫垂
盲腸の手術を受けたことがある。
I've had appendix surgery.
noun
Colloquial shorthand for 盲腸炎 (appendicitis); often used in phrases like 盲腸になる.
See also: 虫垂炎
昨日からお腹が痛くて、盲腸かもしれない。
My stomach has been hurting since yesterday; it might be appendicitis.