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noun
A cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: celom, coelom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum
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