epicoele

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.

Word forms

epicoele

Etymology

From epi- + -coele.

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