Definition of Pseudocoel

1. Noun. A body cavity, of some primitive invertebrates, analagous to a coelom but lacking mesodermal cells ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pseudocoel

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudocoel

pseudocholinesterase
pseudocholinesterases
pseudocide
pseudocides
pseudoclinical
pseudoclonality
pseudocode
pseudocoded
pseudocodes
pseudocoding
pseudocoel (current term)
pseudocoelomate
pseudocoelomates
pseudocoels
pseudocolor
pseudocolored
pseudocoloring
pseudocolors
pseudocolour
pseudocoloured
pseudocolouring
pseudocolours
pseudocoma
pseudocomas
pseudoconcave

Literary usage of Pseudocoel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"This cavity is called a pseudocoel when it is not lined by a continuous epithelium ... In the same animal, coelom and pseudocoel, when both cavities occur ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... and the pseudocoel. The former, to which they limited the use of the word ... these animals was alone true cot-lorn, the vascular part being pseudocoel. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... animals was alone true coelom, the vascular part being pseudocoel. This was the state of morphological opinion until 1886, when it was shown (Proe. ..."

4. The History of Creation, Or, the Development of the Earth and Its by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, Edwin Ray Lankester (1892)
"However of late the chief propositions of their theory, more especially the distinction they make between the pseudocoel and the ..."

5. Zoology of the Invertebrata: A Text-book for Students. by Arthur Everett Shipley (1893)
"The central and lateral cavities, and those of the legs, represent a pseudocoel. The nephro-peritoneal sac described by Weldon arises in this genus from an ..."

6. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"... and throughout bear the character of a pseudocoel. In later stages of embryonic development the ..."

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