schizocoele
Meanings
noun
- A body cavity that forms by the splitting of mesodermal tissue to create a coelomic cavity.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour”; especially “hernia”; “rupture””).
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