pseudocoel

[ soo-doh-seel ]

nounZoology.
  1. 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
1885–90; pseudo- + -coel
  • 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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