もうちょう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Anatomy
1. cecum; caecum; blind gut
2. (vermiform) appendix
Noun
Colloquialism
3. appendicitis
Pitch accent
うちょう
Composed of
blindness
guts; bowels; intestines
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
appendicitis; typhlitis; cecitis
Examples (1 in total)
The surgeon took out his patient's appendix.