splanchnic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
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of or relating to the splanchnic nerve.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of splanchnic
1675–85; < New Latin splanchnicus < Greek splanchnikós, equivalent to splánchn ( a ) + -ikos -ic
Explanation
Anything splanchnic affects or refers to your guts, or internal organs, especially the ones in your abdomen. A splanchnic pain, for example, might be felt in your stomach. The adjective splanchnic isn't very common, though it's used sometimes in medical terminology, as in the splanchnic nerve, which connects to the digestive tract. When you see splanchnic, you know it's referring to a person's innards or organs. The original meaning of splanchnic is "pertaining to the viscera," from a Greek root, splankhnon, and its plural form, splankhna, "the entrails or innards."
Example Sentences
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In the mysterious liminal zone of consciousness, where the dreamworld meets the splanchnic sensations of the body, I was alerted to a mysterious tickle running down my chest.
From The Verge • Jan. 24, 2016
Additional branches from the ventral nerve root continue through the chain and on to one of the collateral ganglia as the greater splanchnic nerve or lesser splanchnic nerve.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Other branches will pass through the chain ganglia and project through one of the splanchnic nerves to a collateral ganglion.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Finally, some branches may project through the splanchnic nerves to the adrenal medulla.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Most of them are banished by frequent hearty laughter which, with its exercise of the diaphragm, tends to stimulate splanchnic blood vessels and nerves.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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