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epicœle

epicœle noun: a perivisceral cavity made by an invagination of an ectoderm.

Noun

epicœle

  1. A perivisceral cavity made by an invagination of an ectoderm.
    • In the cerebellum the thickening takes place to such an extent that the epicœle is usually obliterated altogether.1921, Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell, A Text‐Book of Zoology, volume II, Macmillan and Co., page 97
  2. epicœlia

Questions about epicœle

What does epicœle mean?
Epicœle means a perivisceral cavity made by an invagination of an ectoderm.
What part of speech is epicœle?
Epicœle is a noun.

Words near epicœle in the dictionary

  1. epicynodont
  2. epicynodonts
  3. epicystostomy
  4. epicyte
  5. epicytes
  6. epicœle
  7. epicœne
  8. epicœnes
  9. Epidaurean
  10. Epidaurian
  11. Epidaurus

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