celoma
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English
Noun
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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Noun
celoma m (plural celomi)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοίλωμα (koílōma, “hollow, cavity”), from κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θeˈloma/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈloma/
- Rhymes: -oma
- Syllabification: ce‧lo‧ma
Noun
celoma m (plural celomas)
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Further reading
- “celoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10