*coelia*

{ } a. [ L. coeliacus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; belly, fr. koi^los hollow. ] Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cœliac artery (Anat.), the artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm; -- called also cœliac axis. --
Cœliac flux,
Cœliac passion (Med.), a chronic flux or diarrhea of undigested food. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. koili`a a cavity of the body, a ventricle. ] (Anat.) A cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different ventricles being indicated by prefixes like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epicœlia, mesocœlia, metacœlia, procœlia, etc. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. mesocoelia. See Meso-, and Coelia. ] (Anat.) The cavity of the mesencephalon; the iter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'o`pisqen behind + koi^los hollow, ] (Anat.) Concave behind; -- applied especially to vertebrae in which the anterior end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. optocoelia, fr. Gr. &unr_; optic + koi^los a hollow. ] (Anat.) The cavity of one of the optic lobes of the brain in many animals. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Platy + Gr. &unr_; hollow. ] (Anat.) Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebræ of some extinct dinouaurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Procœliæ [ NL. ] (Anat.) Same as Procœle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of Crocodilia, including the true crocodiles and alligators, in which the dorsal vertebræ are concave in front. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Procœle. ] (Anat & Zool.) Concave in front; as, procœlian vertebræ, which have the anterior end of the centra concave and the posterior convex. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A reptile having procœlian vertebræ; one of the Procœlia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prosocœlle /plu>, [ NL. ] (Anat.) Same as Prosocœle. [ 1913 Webster ]