Coelia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coelia \C[oe]"li*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. koili`a a cavity of the
     body, a ventricle.] (Anat.)
     A cavity.
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     Note: The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the


           different ventricles being indicated by prefixes like
           those characterizing the parts of the brain in which
           the cavities are found; as, epic[oe]lia, mesoc[oe]lia,
           metac[oe]lia, proc[oe]lia, etc. --B. G. Wilder.
           [1913 Webster] Coeliac