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.
mesothelium n : epithelium originating in the embryonic mesoderm; lines the primordial body cavity