splanchnic
1Splanchnic — Splanchnic, from a Greek word meaning organ [UMichAnatomyModule|intro autonomics 2 module/autonomics 04] , usually used to describe soft tissue organs (visceral). Can also refer to: * An adjective describing the intestines * Splanchnic… …
2Splanchnic — Splanch nic, a. [Gr. ??? an entrail.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral. [1913 Webster] …
3splanchnic — 1690s, pertaining to the viscera, from Gk. splankhnon, usually in pl., splankhna the innards, entrails (heart, lungs, liver, kidneys); related to splen (see SPLEEN (Cf. spleen)) …
4splanchnic — [splaŋk′nik] adj. [ModL splanchnicus < Gr splanchnikos < splanchnon, gut: for IE base see SPLEEN] of the viscera; visceral …
5splanchnic — SYN: visceral. * * * splanch·nic splaŋk nik adj of or relating to the viscera: VISCERAL <splanchnic circulation> * * * adj. relating to the viscera, e.g. splanchnic mesoderm. Compare somatic. * * * splanch·nic (splankґnik) visceral.… …
6splanchnic — Relating to the viscera. See also splanchnic mesoderm …
7splanchnic — /splangk nik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the viscera or entrails; visceral. 2. of or pertaining to the splanchnic nerve. [1675 85; < NL splanchnicus < Gk splanchnikós, equiv. to splánchn(a) + ikos IC] * * * …
8splanchnic — splanch·nic || splæŋknɪk adj. of the entrails, of the bowels; of the splanchnic nerve …
9splanchnic — adj. relating to the viscera, e.g. splanchnic mesoderm. Compare: somatic …
10splanchnic nerve — n any of three important nerves situated on each side of the body and formed by the union of branches from the six or seven lower thoracic and first lumbar ganglia of the sympathetic system: a) a superior one ending in the celiac ganglion called… …
