celoma

celoma (plural celomas)

1. (anatomy) A cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities

• celomatic

• acelom

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈlɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: ce‧lò‧ma

celoma m (plural celomi)

1. (anatomy) celoma, coelom

• celomatico

• camole, macole, olmeca

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοίλωμα (koílōma, “hollow, cavity”), from κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).

• IPA^(key): /θeˈloma/ [θeˈlo.ma] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈloma/ [seˈlo.ma] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: ce‧lo‧ma

celoma m (plural celomas)

1. (anatomy) celoma

• “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], 10 December 2024