body cavity
originally and chiefly Zoology
noun
A cavity or system of cavities in the body of vertebrates and some invertebrates, in which the internal organs are located; the coelom.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
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