pseudocoelia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pseudo- + Ancient Greek κοιλία (koilía, “cavity of the body”).
Noun
[edit]pseudocoelia
- (anatomy, dated) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain.
- 1882, Burt Green Wilder, Anatomical Technology:
- the inaccurate representation of the pseudocoelia is exaggerated
References
[edit]“pseudocoelia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.