coelom

Noun

coe=lom

WORDNET DICTIONARY

coelom(n = noun.body) celom, celoma - a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity;

is a kind of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum

coelom, n. (US celom) (pl. -oms or -omata) Zool. the principal body cavity in animals, between the intestinal canal and the body wall.

Derivative

coelomate adj. & n.

Etymology

Gk koiloma cavity