Definitions for coeloms

coeloms coe·lom

Spelling: [see-luh m]
IPA: /ˈsi ləm/

Coeloms is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in coeloms (celmoos).

Definitions for coeloms

noun

  1. the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.

Origin of coeloms

1875-80; Greek koílōma cavity, equivalent to koilō-, variant stem of koiloûn to hollow out (verbal derivative of koîlos hollow) + -ma noun suffix denoting result

Examples for coeloms

The existence of two renal organs in Patella, and their relation to the pericardium (a portion of the coelom), is important.

I, coelom of the first somite which carries the antennae and is in front of the mouth.

No other vertebrate has this precise disposition of the coelom.

II, coelom of the second somite which carries the mandibles (hence deuterognathous).

When the pus escapes from the tubes into the coelom it sets up pelvic peritonitis.

In the intestinal region the coelom is only present on the left side.

Some of the endothelial cells lining the coelom are ciliated, the cilia keeping the corpusculated fluid contents in movement.

Cardio-coelom: that part of the coelom that forms the pericardium.

After the pericardium and pleurae have been separated off the remainder of the coelom becomes the peritoneum.

The kidney duct is seen running along the roof of the coelom on either side.

Word Value for coeloms
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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