perivisceral

American

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

adjective

Anatomy.

surrounding or situated about the viscera.

Etymology

Origin of perivisceral

First recorded in 1865–70; peri- + visceral

Example Sentences

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Coelomic Organs.—The chief point of interest about the splanchnocoele or perivisceral cavity is that in the Myxinoids the adult shows a persistent embryonic condition in that the pericardiac portion never becomes isolated from the main body cavity.

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Schizocœle, skiz′ō-sēl, n. a term applied to the perivisceral cavity of the Invertebrata, when formed by a splitting of the mesoblast.—adj.

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

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Perivisceral, per-i-vis′e-ral, adj. surrounding viscera.

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Further, the Vertebrate embryo possesses for a time a notochord, a segmented muscular system, a continuity between the pericardium and the posterior part of the perivisceral cavity—all features which characterize certain groups of Pisces in the adult state.

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