COELOM


Meaning of COELOM in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .