retrocecal

English

Alternative forms

• retrocaecal

Etymology

From retro- +‎ cecal.

Adjective

retrocecal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Behind the caecum.
   • 1905, Howard Atwood Kelly, The Vermiform Appendix and Its Diseases‎^[1]:

     The fact that a retrocecal position of the appendix demands special consideration, and may mislead the operator who is not upon his guard, was first noticed, to the best of my knowledge, by C. B. Nancrede, of Ann Arbor, Michigan (Med. News, 1888, vol. 52, p. 570).