pseudocele

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ -cele.

Noun

pseudocele (plural pseudoceles)

1. Alternative form of pseudocoel
   • 1970, Relis Bastian Brown, General Biology, page 325:

     The intestine continues digestion and absorbs and stores food, allowing some to diffuse into the pseuodcele and about the body.

   • 1984, Paul Chester Beaver, Rodney Clifton Jung, Eddie Wayne Cupp, Clinical parasitology, page 224:

     The body cavity is a pseudocele (i.e., it is not lined with mesothelium). All of the viscera, including the digestive system, the excretory system (primitively), and the reproductive system, are suspended in the pseudocele.

   • 2001, Fernando Simón, Claudio & Genchi, Heartworm infection in humans and animals, →ISBN, page 22:

     The uterus occupies the pseudocele, rolling upon itself at intervals and extending in the posterior quarter of the body, where it narrows towards fine thin oviducts.