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splanchnic
(redirected from splanchnic circulation)

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splanch·nic  (splngknk)
adj.
Of or relating to the viscera; visceral: a splanchnic nerve.

[New Latin splanchnicus, from Greek splankhnikos, from splankhna, inward parts.]

splanchnic [ˈsplæŋknɪk]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) of or relating to the viscera; visceral a splanchnic nerve
[from New Latin splanchnicus, from Greek splankhnikos concerning the entrails, from splankhna the entrails]
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Adj.1.splanchnic - relating to or affecting the viscerasplanchnic - relating to or affecting the viscera; "visceral bleeding"; "a splanchnic nerve"


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