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perivisceral

American  
[per-uh-vis-er-uhl] / ˌpɛr əˈvɪs ər əl /

adjective

Anatomy.
  1. surrounding or situated about the viscera.


Etymology

Origin of perivisceral

First recorded in 1865–70; peri- + visceral

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In this genus it develops no perivisceral portion, as in other groups, but gives rise solely to the nephridia and to the reproductive organs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The excretory system consists of a pair of tubes discharging through the sides of the body-wall, and having each a ciliated, funnel-shaped opening in the perivisceral cavity.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John Mason Tyler

Within the muscles is the perivisceral cavity, and in its central axis the intestine, segmented like the body-wall.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John Mason Tyler

Beside the perivisceral cavity and its fluid there is a special circulatory system.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John Mason Tyler

The circles containing dots represent eggs floating in the perivisceral fluid.

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by John Mason Tyler

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