Noun: cleavage cavity 'klee-vij'ka-vu-tee
- The fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula
"The cleavage cavity expanded as the embryo developed";
- blastocoel, blastocoele, blastocele, segmentation cavity
Derived forms: cleavage cavities
Type of: bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
Part of: blastosphere, blastula
Encyclopedia: Cleavage cavity