optocoele

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English

Etymology

From opto- +‎ -coele.

Pronunciation

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Noun

optocoele (plural optocoeles)

  1. (anatomy) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for optocoele”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)