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caecopexy (medicine) and COL2A1 (health)


caecopexy (medicine)


caecopexy
Operative anchoring of a movable caecum.

Synonym: caecofixation, typhlopexy, typhlopexia.

Origin: caeco-+ G. Pexis, fixation


COL2A1 (health)


The gene responsible for the production of the alpha1(II) chain of type II collagen. Mutations in the COL2A1 gene lead to a number of different heritable skeletal disorders, including achondrogenesis type II, hypochondrogenesis, Kniest dysplasia, spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia of the Strudwick type, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, and Stickler syndrome.