splanchnic

[ splangk-nik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
2. of or relating to the splanchnic nerve.

splanchnic

/ ˈsplæŋknɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the viscera; visceral

   a splanchnic nerve

Word History and Origins

Origin of splanchnic¹

1675–85; < New Latin splanchnicus < Greek splanchnikós, equivalent to splánchn ( a ) + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of splanchnic¹

C17: from New Latin splanchnicus, from Greek splankhnikos concerning the entrails, from splankhna the entrails

Example Sentences

The splanchnic wall has however a somewhat complicated structure.

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The plates themselves remain as the muscle-plates and develop a special layer of muscle (mp) in their splanchnic layer.

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The diverticula from the alimentary cavity form the water-vascular system and the somatic and splanchnic layers of mesoblast.

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It extends upwards and downwards by the continuous conversion of fresh cells of the splanchnic layer into muscle-cells.

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In the abdomen three or four transverse septa, derived from the splanchnic mesoblast, grow a short way into the yolk.

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