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n. [Gr. gaster, stomach; koilos, hollow]The gastrulation cavity; archenteron.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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gastrocoele — gas·tro·coele (gasґtro sēl) [gastro + coele] archenteron … Medical dictionary
gastrocoele — n. stomach hernia … English contemporary dictionary
gastrocoele — gas·tro·coele … English syllables
gastrocoele — noun see gastrocoel … Useful english dictionary
gastrula — generally in embryology, a postblastula stage in which an archenteron (primitive gut or gastrocoele) forms by invagination of cells through a blastopore, and in which germ layers appear and the embryonic axis is formed. In fishes, an archentron… … Dictionary of ichthyology
archenteron — n. [Gr. arche, beginning; enteron, intestine] The primitive digestive cavity of many invertebrates, formed by gastrulation; the gastrocoele; precursor to the gut … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
gastrocoel — /gas troh seel /, n. Embryol. archenteron. Also, gastrocoele. [1800 10; GASTRO + COEL] * * * … Universalium
archenteron — SYN: primitive gut. [G. arche, beginning, + enteron, intestine] * * * arch·en·ter·on är kent ə .rän, rən n, pl tera ə rə the cavity of the gastrula of an embryo forming a primitive gut called also gastrocoel * * * n. a cavity that forms in the… … Medical dictionary
