what does ileocecal valve mean?
ILEOCECAL VALVE as NOUN
- Meaning
- valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine
- prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine
Hypernyms(s) ileocecal valve is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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