pseudocoel
[ soo-doh-seel ]
nounZoology.
the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
Origin of pseudocoel
1- Also pseu·do·cele, pseu·do·coele; pseu·do·coe·lom, pseu·do·ce·lom [soo-doh-see-luhm]. /ˌsu doʊˈsi ləm/.
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How to use pseudocoel in a sentence
The Hertwigs (Coelomtheorie, Jena, 1881) distinguished two kinds, the enterocoel and the pseudocoel.
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