— coelomic /si lom"ik, -loh"mik/ , adj.
/see"leuhm/ , n. , pl. coeloms, coelomata /si loh"meuh teuh/ . Zool.
the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
Also, coelome /see"lohm/ , celom .
[ 1875-80; koíloma cavity, equiv. to koilo-, var. s. of koiloûn to hollow out (v. deriv. of koîlos hollow) + -ma n. suffix denoting result ]