schizocoele
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A body cavity that forms by the splitting of mesodermal tissue to create a coelomic cavity.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour”; especially “hernia”; “rupture””).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: σχίζω