Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the viscera; visceral.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the viscera or entrails; visceral; intestinal: enteric.
- noun A splanchnic nerve.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the viscera; visceral.
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- adjective medicine Of, in, near or pertaining to the
viscera orintestines
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or affecting the viscera
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although the human heart and kidneys are both close to the size expected for a 65-kg primate, the mass of the splanchnic organs the abdominal organs is approximately 900 g less that expected.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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For example, breathing in quick abdominal breaths—the Breath of Fire—stimulates the splanchnic nerves in the abdominal cavity, and potentiates release of stimulating epinephrine and norepinephrine.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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For example, breathing in quick abdominal breaths—the Breath of Fire—stimulates the splanchnic nerves in the abdominal cavity, and potentiates release of stimulating epinephrine and norepinephrine.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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• Stimulation of the splanchnic nerves, causing increased output of epinephrine and norepinephrine
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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• Stimulation of the splanchnic nerves, causing increased output of epinephrine and norepinephrine
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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As brain and nerves adjusted and endocrines responded, the primitive centers - gustatory, splanchnic, olfactory - grew active, too.
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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Tsudzimura15, that the effects of splanchnic nerve stimulation are transmitted to the cells of the suprarenal medulla by the release of acetylcholine in that tissue.
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The splanchnic nerves (splank'nik; "viscera" G), which originate from some of the thoracic nerves, have their preganglionic fibers ending in a mass of ganglia (a "plexus") lying j'ust behind the stomach.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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The patient is lying on his left side with the right arm over his head and the operator carefully works over the whole hepatic region not forgetting the three splanchnic nerves.
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In splanchnic neurasthenia we have first of all to overcome the intense congestion of blood in the splanchnic and abdominal veins in general.
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