盲腸|もうちょうmouchou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, anatomycecum; caecum; blind gut
  2. noun(vermiform) appendix
    The surgeon took out his patient's appendix.
  3. nounappendicitis
    盲腸もうちょうのようですね。↗
    I believe you have appendicitis.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related虫垂ちゅうすいNeutralThe neutral, medically accurate name for the appendix, the small pouch at the end of the cecum; in speech 「盲腸」 often covers the appendix or appendicitis.
  • Related虫様突起ちゅうようとっきWrittenWritten anatomical name for the appendix; in everyday speech 「虫垂」 is the usual word.

In everyday speech 「盲腸」 often means the appendix or appendicitis, and 「盲腸を切る」 is how people describe appendix surgery. In medical contexts use 「虫垂」 or the more formal 「虫様突起」; appendicitis is 「虫垂炎」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 消化しょうか器官きかんの一部いちぶ。大腸だいちょうの始端したんに有ある小腸しょうちょうとの結合けつごう部ぶから突出とっしゅつした部分ぶぶん。虫垂ちゅうすいの基部きぶ。
  2. 虫垂ちゅうすい、または虫垂炎ちゅうすいえん。
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