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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, same as
epicœlia . - noun In zoology, a perivisceral cavity formed by an invagination of the ectoderm, as the atrium of an ascidian. It is also that kind of body-cavity which the vertebrates are considered to possess.
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- noun zoology A
perivisceral cavity made by aninvagination of anectoderm . - noun anatomy epicœlia
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