pseudocoel

[ soo-doh-seel ]
/ ˈsu doʊˌsil /

noun Zoology.

the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
Also pseu·do·cele, pseu·do·coele, pseu·do·coe·lom, pseu·do·ce·lom [soo-doh-see-luh m] /ˌsu doʊˈsi ləm/.

Origin of pseudocoel

1885–90; pseudo- + -coel

Words nearby pseudocoel

pseudochromesthesia, pseudochromhidrosis, pseudocirrhosis, pseudoclassic, pseudocoarctation, pseudocoel, pseudocoelomate, pseudocolloid, pseudocopulation, pseudocoxalgia, pseudocroup

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