coelome

[see-luhm]

coe·lom

[see-luhm]
noun, plural coe·loms, coe·lo·ma·ta [si-loh-muh-tuh] . Zoology.
the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
Also, coe·lome [see-lohm] , celom.


Origin:
1875–80; < Greek koílōma cavity, equivalent to koilō-, variant stem of koiloûn to hollow out (verbal derivative of koîlos hollow) + -ma noun suffix denoting result

coe·lom·ic [si-lom-ik, -loh-mik] , adjective
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