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coe·lom
also ce·lom (sē′ləm)n. pl. coeloms or coe·lo·ma·ta (-lə-mä′tə, -măt′ə) also ce·loms or ce·loma·ta
The fluid-filled cavity within the body of most multicellular animals, except some invertebrates such as flatworms and cnidarians, that lies between the body wall and the digestive tract and is formed by the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm into two layers. Also called body cavity.
coe·lom′ic (sĭ-lŏm′ĭk, -lō′mĭk) adj.
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coelom
(ˈsiːləʊm; -ləm) orcelom
n
(Zoology) the body cavity of many multicellular animals, situated in the mesoderm and containing the digestive tract and other visceral organs
[C19: from Greek koilōma cavity, from koilos hollow; see coel-]
coelomic, celomic adj
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coe•lom
(ˈsi ləm)also coe•lome
(-loʊm)n., pl. coe•loms, coe•lo•ma•ta (sɪˈloʊ mə tə) also coe•lomes.
the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
[1875–80; < Greek koílōma cavity =koilō-, variant s. of koiloûn to hollow out, v. derivative of koîlos hollow + -ma n. suffix of result]
coe•lom•ic (sɪˈlɒm ɪk, -ˈloʊ mɪk) adj.
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