body cavity

British  

noun

1. the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom

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Example Sentences

“The main impact appears to have been to the body, as there was substantial hemorrhage under the sternum and in the back of the body cavity around the liver,” the report said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024

“Some say that it’s just another technique, but this technique involves something more intimate than a body cavity search. It’s an every single cell in your body search.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

The bones found inside the Gorgosaurus body cavity belonged to juvenile dinosaurs of another species.

From National Geographic • Dec. 8, 2023

Some, like P. ferax, hold their little starlets in a special body cavity; others just put them in their mouths.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

From the microbes’ point of view, however, they’re just a useful device to enlist a host’s help in inoculating microbes into a body cavity of a new host.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond