CELOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does celom mean? 

• CELOM (noun)
  The noun CELOM has 1 sense:

1. a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

  Familiarity information: CELOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

celom; celoma; coelom

Hypernyms ("celom" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

 Context examples 

Example(s): celom, thoracic cavity, lesser sac of peritoneum, cavity of right atrium, lumen of blood vessel, mediastinum, anterior compartment of forearm, intervertebral foramen.

(Body Space, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)