Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm;
lines the primordial body cavity;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mesothelium \Mes`o*the"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle +
E. epithelium.] (Biol.)
Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells,
formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the
differetiation of the germ layers. It constitutes the
boundary of the c[oe]lum.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mesothelium
n 1: epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the
primordial body cavity