Defn: A cavity.
Note: The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different venticles being indicated by prefixes like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epicoelia, mesocoelia, metacoelia, procoelia, etc. B. G. Wilder.
COELIAC; CELIAC
Coe"li*ac, Ce"li*ac, a. Etym: [L. coeliacus, Gr.
Defn: Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen. Coeliac artery (Anat.), the artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm; — called also coeliac axis. — Coeliac flux, Coeliac passion (Med.), a chronic flux or diarrhea of undigested food.
COELODONT
Coe"lo*dont, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having hollow teeth; — said of a group lizards.
— n.
Defn: One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.
COELOSPERMOUS
Coel`o*sper"mous ( or , a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.
COELUM
Coe"lum, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)