celoma
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celoma (plural celomas)
- (anatomy) A cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities
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celoma m (plural celomi)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοίλωμα (koílōma, “hollow, cavity”), from κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈloma/ [θeˈlo.ma]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seˈloma/ [seˈlo.ma]
- Rhymes: -oma
- Syllabification: ce‧lo‧ma
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celoma m (plural celomas)
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Further reading edit
- “celoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014