Haemocoel
//ˈhiːməˌsiːl// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The cavity, between the organs of arthropods and molluscs, through which the blood etc. circulates.
"The remarkable displacement of the cœlom by an irregularly distended system of blood-spaces, “a hæmocœl” (which, Prof. Lankester has elsewhere shown, takes place in the Arthropoda and Mollusca), is lucidly described in this Introduction."
Example
More examples"The remarkable displacement of the cœlom by an irregularly distended system of blood-spaces, “a hæmocœl” (which, Prof. Lankester has elsewhere shown, takes place in the Arthropoda and Mollusca), is lucidly described in this Introduction."
Etymology
From haemo- + -coel.
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