enterocoele
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
enterocoele (plural enterocoeles)
- (anatomy) A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract.
Usage notes[edit]
- Distinguished from a schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.