celom

US: (sē′ləm)

Inflections of 'celom' (n):

celoms

npl

celomata

npl

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ce•lom  (sē′ləm), n., pl. ce•loms, ce•lo•ma•ta 

(si lō′mə tə). 
1. Zoology coelom.

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celom / ˈsiːləm/ noun

1. a less frequent US spelling of coelom

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coe•lom  (sē′ləm), n., pl. coe•loms, coe•lo•ma•ta (si lō′mə tə). [Zool.]

1. Zoology the body cavity of higher metazoans, between the body wall and intestine, lined with a mesodermal epithelium.

Also, coe•lome  (sē′lōm), celom. 

• Greek koílōma cavity, equivalent. to koilō-, variant stem of koiloûn to hollow out (verb, verbal derivative of koîlos hollow) + -ma noun, nominal suffix denoting result
• 1875–80;

coe•lom•ic  (si lom′ik, -lō′mik), adj.