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
The circulatory system is derived from the coelomic cavity of the embryo.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
These cavities communicate with the exterior through the gonad ducts, which have nothing to do with them, but whose coelomic funnels are taken up by them in the course of their growth.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
