Coelom

/ˈsiːləm/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. The digestive system is suspended within the cavity, which is lined by a tissue called the peritoneum.
  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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body cavitycavitycelomcelomacoelomic cavity

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek κοίλωμα (koílōma, “hollow, cavity”). Cognate with coeliac.

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