Coelom Definition

sēləm
coelom, celoms, coelomata, coeloms
noun
The main body cavity of most higher multicellular animals, in which the visceral organs are suspended.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
coelom
Plural:
coeloms

Origin of Coelom

  • German Koelom from Greek koilōma cavity from koilos hollow keuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek κοίλωμα (koiloma, “hollow, cavity”).

    From Wiktionary

Coelom Sentence Examples

  • The body wall of the Chaetopoda consists of a "dermo-muscular" tube which is separated from the gut by the coelom and its peritoneal walls, except in most leeches.

  • Several forms of cells float freely in the fluid of the coelom.

  • In another sense also the coelom is not a closed cavity, for it communicates in several ways with the external medium.

  • In this worm the ventral blood-vessel is so swollen as to occupy nearly the whole of the available coelom.

  • Thus the nephridia, in this case at least, are a part of the coelom and are not shut off from it by a layer of peritoneum, as are other organs which lie in it, e.g.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOE

Words Ending With

MOMLOM

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