COELOM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

Synonyms:

celom; celoma; coelom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("coelom" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

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