different between cavity vs celoma

English

Etymology

From Middle English cavity, from Middle French cavité, from Late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæv?ti/
• • (US) IPA^(key): [?k?æv??i]

Noun

cavity (plural cavities)

1. A hole or hollow depression.
2. A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
3. (dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hole
• (dentistry): caries

Derived terms

Related terms

• cave
• concave
• excavate
• excavation
• excavator

Translations

Further reading

• cavity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• cavity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cavity at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Noun

celoma (plural celomas)

1. (anatomy) A cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities

Derived terms

• celomatic

Anagrams

• acelom

Italian

Noun

celoma m (plural celomi)

1. (anatomy) celoma, coelom

Derived terms

• celomatico

Anagrams

• camole, macole

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (koíl?ma, “hollow, cavity”), from ?????? (koîlos, “hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?e?loma/, [?e?lo.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /se?loma/, [se?lo.ma]

Noun

celoma m (plural celomas)

1. (anatomy) celoma

Derived terms

• celomado
• celomático