enterocoele

English

Etymology

From entero- +‎ -coele.

Noun

enterocoele (plural enterocoeles)

(anatomy) A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract.

Usage notes

Distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.

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