Enterocoele

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

  Enterocoele \En"ter*o*c[oe]le`\, n. [Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine
     + koi^lon a hollow.] (Anat.)
     A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or
     outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a
     {schizoc[oe]le}, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast
     of the embryo.


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