coelom
noun
the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
coelomic
-
a word derived from
coelom.
Example Sentences
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They had recently tested whether heat-treated coelomic fluid — the internal body fluid of a sea star — could still trigger the disease when injected into a healthy sea star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
Following this whim, he cut open a preserved stellar sea creature from Antarctica, but instead of food, he found new life frozen in time within the creature’s coelomic cavity.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
They’ve injected them with coelomic fluid, or “blood” from a sick star, and exposed them to water from a sick star’s tank.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Although these are called blood vessels, since they are of coelomic origin, the circulatory fluid is colorless.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
They escape into the coelomic fluid and there develop.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
