Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The coelom formed from a pocketlike outgrowth of the wall of the archenteron, especially in echinoderms and chordates.
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- noun anatomy A
perivisceral cavity which arises as anoutgrowth or outgrowths from thedigestive tract .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek an intestine + a hollow.
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