perivisceral

[ per-uh-vis-er-uhl ]

adjective

, Anatomy.

1. surrounding or situated about the viscera.

Word History and Origins

Origin of perivisceral¹

First recorded in 1865–70; peri- + visceral

Example Sentences

Its anterior end opens, in most cases by a single opening, into the perivisceral cavity in both sexes, and is usually ciliated.

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Perienteron, per-i-en′te-ron, n. the primitive perivisceral cavity.

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There is a perivisceral cavity, and the body walls are traversed by excretory tubes.

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The reproductive organs are modified patches of the peritoneum, or lining of the perivisceral cavity.

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It had apparently the perivisceral cavity and nephridia of the schematic worm, and a circulatory system.

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