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Meaning of epicoele | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.
    no-plural
  2. A perivisceral cavity made by an invagination of an ectoderm.
  3. epicœlia

Examples

“In the cerebellum the thickening takes place to such an extent that the epicœle is usually obliterated altogether.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

epicœne epicondyl epicondylalgia epicondyle epicondylectomy epicondylitis

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