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coe•lom
Pronunciation: (sē'lum), [key]—
n.,
—pl. coe•loms, coe•lo•ma•taPronunciation: (si-lō'mu-tu). [key]
Zool.
the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
Also,coe•lomePronunciation: (sē'lōm), [key] celom. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.