splanchnicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsplaŋknɪk/, U.S.

/ˈsplæŋknɪk/

Forms: Also 1600s splanchnick, splancknick.

Etymology: < medieval or modern Latin splanchnicus, < Greek σπλαγχνικός, < σπλάγχνον, usually plural σπλάγχνα, the inward parts, especially the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys. So French splanchnique.

Anatomy.

A. adj.

a. Situated in, connected with, the viscera or intestines. Frequently in splanchnic nerve(s).

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the world > life > the body > internal organs > [adjective] > situated in or connected with

splanchnic1694

1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 49 It most sharply irritating the Splancknick fibres..compels..serosities to be cast out.

1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 536 Of the splanchnic nerves. These nerves are two in number, and distinguished into great and small.

1832 R. Owen Mem. Pearly Nautilus 63 The splanchnic veins from the liver, ovary, gizzard, &c.

1845 R. B. Todd & W. Bowman Physiol. Anat. II. 137 The great splanchnic nerve arises by separate roots.

1870 W. H. Flower Introd. Osteol. Mammalia ii. 9 There are also certain bones called splanchnic, being developed within the substance of some of the viscera.

b. Occupied by the viscera (esp. in splanchnic cavity); of a visceral character.

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the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [adjective]

splanchnic1830

1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 39 The splanchnic cavity of the trunk is divided into two by..the diaphragm.

1851 Rep. Brit. Assoc. XX. 219 A space intervenes,..to designate which the term ‘peritoneal’, or ‘splanchnic’, may be used with perfect anatomical propriety.

1881 Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Jan. 73 The two layers of the mesoblast, somatic and splanchnic.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 394 This appears to take place chiefly in the splanchnic area.

2. Affecting, pertaining or relating to, the viscera.

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the world > life > the body > internal organs > [adjective]

intestine1609

viscerous1657

splanchnic1679

splanchnical1681

viscerose1696

visceral1826

perivisceral1852

splanchnological1886

1679 tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis ii. 95 Splanchnick remedies, or those which respect the bowels of the lower Belly.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 296 In Splanchnic Obesity, the encumbered viscera are more or less buried in beds of fat.

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 592 Other minor points of splanchnic details.

B. n.

A splanchnic nerve. Chiefly in plural.

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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > specific nerves > [noun] > nerves in trunk

cauda1696

obturator nerve1732

phrenic1737

sciatic1741

solar ganglion1741

pudendal1752

solar plexus?1768

splanchnic1840

mare's tail1890

stellate ganglion1918

1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 360 The great splanchnic..is a large white nerve,..which descends to the diaphragm.

1877 Dickinson Diabetes 17 After division of the splanchnics which are in the direct line of hepatic innervation.

Derivatives

† ˈsplanchnical adj. Obsolete rare.

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