splanch|nic

splanch|nic
splanch|nic «SPLANGK nihk», adjective.
of, having to do with, or in the region of the viscera; visceral.
[< New Latin splanchnicus < Greek splanchnikós < splánchnon, singular of splánchna the inward parts, viscera < spl, splēnós; see etym. under spleen (Cf.spleen)]

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