COELOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coelom mean? 

• COELOM (noun)
  The noun COELOM has 1 sense:

1. a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

  Familiarity information: COELOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COELOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

celom; celoma; coelom

Hypernyms ("coelom" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

 Context examples 

A simple layer of cells, derived from the mesoderm that lines the coelom or body cavity of the embryo.

(Mesothelium, NCI Thesaurus)