relating to or controlling movements of the viscera
visceromotor in American English
(ˌvɪsərouˈmoutər)
adjective
of or pertaining to the normal movements of the viscera, esp. the digestive tract
Word origin
[1885–90; viscer(a) + -o- + motor]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, classified, retread, twofer, zoom-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer)
Examples of 'visceromotor' in a sentence
visceromotor
The visceromotor response was measured before and after the treatment.
Zhuo Wang, Marco A. Ocampo, Raina D. Pang, Mihail Bota, Sylvie Bradesi, Emeran A.Mayer, Daniel P. Holschneider 2013, 'Alterations in Prefrontal-Limbic Functional Activation and Connectivity in ChronicStress-Induced Visceral Hyperalgesia', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0059138. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Expression was significantly stronger in somatomotor nuclei (hypoglossal, oculomotor, facial) than visceromotor or sensory nuclei.
Ana Navarro, Elena Méndez, Celso Diaz, Eva del Valle, Eva Martínez-Pinilla, CristinaOrdóñez, Jorge Tolivia 2013, 'Lifelong Expression of Apolipoprotein D in the Human Brainstem: Correlation with ReducedAge-Related Neurodegeneration', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0077852. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Given its wide-reaching connectivity, it has been putatively implicated as an integration center of autonomic, visceromotor, emotional and interoceptive information.
Diane eSliz, Shawn eHayley 2012, 'Major depressive disorder and alterations in insular cortical activity: a review ofcurrent functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) research.', Frontiers in Human Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00323/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)