Segmentation cavity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
    blastocoel; blastocele; blastocoele; cleavage cavity.

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  1. (Biol.), the cavity formed by the arrangement of the cells in segmentation or cleavage of the ovum; the cavity of the blastosphere. In the gastrula stage, the segmentation cavity in which the mesoblast is formed lies between the entoblast and ectoblast. See Illust. of Invagination.

Webster 1913