schizocœle (skizosel)

[ 5390 of cœloma or somatic cavity in which a per i visceral or per i enteric space results from a splitting of the mesoblast: distinguished from some kinds of body-cavities, as an enterocele, for example. See enterocæle, and quotation under per i visceral. schizocœlous (skiz-ō-sē'lus), a. [