单词 | pseudocoel |
释义 | pseudocoel in British English (ˈsjuːdəʊˌsiːl) noun (in certain primitive invertebrates) a body cavity resembling a coelom, but lacking mesodermal cell tissue pseudocoel in American English (ˈsuːdouˌsil) noun Zoology the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium Also: pseudocele, pseudocoele, pseudocoelom, pseudocelom (ˌsuːdouˈsiləm) Word origin [1885–90; pseudo- + -coel]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, roller coaster, toner, twofer, zoompseudo- is a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “unreal,” used in the formationof compound words (pseudoclassic; pseudointellectual); in scientific use, pseudo- denotes close or deceptive resemblance to the following element (pseudobulb; pseudocarp), and is used sometimes in chemical names of isomers (pseudoephedrine) |
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