splanchno-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “viscera,” used in the formation of compound words:
splanchnopleure.
Origin
combining form of Greek splánchna entrails (plural)
Related Word
- splanchnopleure
1974 D. & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. iv. 58Of the *splanchnocranial cartilages, the most anterior pair is the mandibular arch.
1907 W. N. Parker tr. Wiedersheim'sCompar. Anat. Vertebrates (ed. 3) 75A series of cartilaginous arches arise in serial order on the ventral side of the brain-case; these encircle the anterior part of the alimentary tract like hoops, incomplete dorsally, and are distinguished as the visceral portion of the skull (*splanchnocranium).
1931 Saunders & Manton Man. Pract. Vertebr. Morphol. xii. 121The brain-box and sense capsules form the neurocranium, while the jaws and visceral arches form the splanchnocranium.
1974 D. & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. iv. 59 (caption)Lateral view of the splanchnocranium of an acanthodian.
1849 Craig, *Splanchnography, an anatomical description of the viscera.
[ 1900Dorland Med. Dict. ,Splanchnomegalia. ]
1910 Practitioner Jan. 34 There is sometimes also a general increase in the size of the various internal organs, a condition of *splanchnomegaly.
1970 N. G. Schneeberg Clin. Endocrinol. v. 70/2Generalized marked splanchnomegaly occurs, though enlargement of the liver is most common.
1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 614Testes and ovaries are formed by the growth of *splanchno⁓pleural coelomic-epithelium.
1875 Huxley in Encycl. Brit. II. 53/2The splitting of the mesoblast into two layers, a *splanchnopleure and a somatopleure.
1888 Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXVIII. 111The lower end lies..between the somatopleure and splanchnopleure.
1900 Nature 12 Apr. 560 The appearance, in the development in the vascular system, of a *splanchnopleuric subintestinal vein.
1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 486These practices, as he alleges, lead in a considerable percentage of women to *splanchnoptosis.
1848 Owen Homologies Vert. Skeleton 111The bones..are..entitled to rank..in the category of sense-capsules or ‘*splanchno-skeletal’ pieces.
Ibid. 114The bones or parts of the *splanchno-skeleton.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 820/1In man, the teeth being excluded, there is neither exo- nor splanchno-skeleton, but only an endo-skeleton.
1851 Dunglison Med. Lex. ,*Splanchnotomy, dissection or anatomy of the viscera.
splanchno-
before vowels splanchn-, word-forming element meaning "viscera," from Greek splankhnon, usually in plural, splankhna "the innards, entrails" (including heart, lungs, liver, kidneys); related to splen (see spleen).
ORIGIN: from Greek splagkhna (see splanchnic ) + -o- .
splanchno-
combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, from splanchnon entrail; akin to Greek splēn spleen — more at spleen
: viscera
< splanchnomegaly >
< splanchnoptosis >
< splanchnomegaly >
< splanchnoptosis >