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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.
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- noun anatomy A
cavity formed by theinvagination of the outer wall of the body, as theatrium of anamphioxus and possibly the body cavity ofvertebrates .
Etymologies
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epi- + Ancient Greek a hollow.
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