a. [f. CŒLOME + -IC.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a cœlome.
1881. A. M. Marshall, in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sc., Jan., 73. The separation of the layers of the mesoblast so as to give rise to a cœlomic cavity.
1885. Athenæum, 11 April, 474/2. The shell glands of the phyllopods have no cœlomic openings.