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splanchnic definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or affecting the viscera; "visceral bleeding"; "a splanchnic nerve" [syn: visceral, splanchnic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: New Latin splanchnicus, from Greek splanchnikos, from splanchna, plural, viscera; akin to Greek spl?n spleen Date: 1681 of or relating to the viscera ; visceral

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or relating to the viscera; intestinal. Etymology: mod.L splanchnicus f. Gk splagkhnikos f. splagkhna entrails

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Splanchnic Splanch"nic, a. [Gr. ??? an entrail.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.