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Noun

1. 1
   A cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities
2. 2
   a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity wordnet

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coelombody cavitycelomcoelomic cavitytrue body cavity

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acoelomate