cœloma

UK/siːˈləʊmə/

A form of coelom — 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.

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Meanings

nouncœloma (plural cœlomata)

plural cœlomata

  1. datedDated form of coelom.

    To avoid confusion, we will in future call this cavity the cœloma.

    1879, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel [aut.; translator unknown], The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny, volume 1 (1897, D. Appleton and company), chapter 9, page 260
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