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splanchnic
[ splangk-nik ]
adjective
- of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- of or relating to the splanchnic nerve.
splanchnic
/ ˈsplæŋknɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to the viscera; visceral
a splanchnic nerve
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Word History and Origins
Origin of splanchnic1
1675–85; < New Latin splanchnicus < Greek splanchnikós, equivalent to splánchn ( a ) + -ikos -ic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of splanchnic1
C17: from New Latin splanchnicus, from Greek splankhnikos concerning the entrails, from splankhna the entrails
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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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