perivisceral

American  

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

adjective

Anatomy.

1. surrounding or situated about the viscera.

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Etymology

Origin of perivisceral

First recorded in 1865–70; peri- + visceral

Example Sentences

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

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 Tyler, John Mason

It had apparently the perivisceral cavity and nephridia of the schematic worm, and a 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 Tyler, John Mason

Between these two was the perivisceral cavity, filled with nutritive fluid, lymph, and furnishing a safe lodging-place for the more delicate viscera.

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 Tyler, John Mason

The reproductive organs are modified patches of the peritoneum, or lining of 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 Tyler, John Mason