splanchnic, a. and n. Anat.
(ˈsplæŋknɪk)
Also 7 -nick, splancknick.
[ad. med. or mod.L. splanchnic-us, ad. Gr. σπλαγχνικός, f. σπλάγχνον, usu. pl. σπλάγχνα, the inward parts, esp. the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys. So F. splanchnique.]
A. adj.
1. a. Situated in, connected with, the viscera or intestines. Freq. in splanchnic nerve(s.
| 1694 Westmacott Script. Herb. 49 It most sharply irritating the Splancknick fibres..compels..serosities to be cast out. 1831 R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 536 Of the splanchnic nerves. These nerves are two in number, and distinguished into great and small. 1832 Owen Mem. Pearly Nautilus 63 The splanchnic veins from the liver, ovary, gizzard, &c. 1845 Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. II. 137 The great splanchnic nerve arises by separate roots. 1870 Flower Osteol. Mamm. ii. 9 There are also certain bones called splanchnic, being developed within the substance of some of the viscera. |
b. Occupied by the viscera (esp. in splanchnic cavity); of a visceral character.
| 1830 R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 39 The splanchnic cavity of the trunk is divided into two by..the diaphragm. 1851 Rep. Brit. Assoc. XX. 219 A space intervenes,..to designate which the term ‘peritoneal’, or ‘splanchnic’, may be used with perfect anatomical propriety. 1881 Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Jan. 73 The two layers of the mesoblast, somatic and splanchnic. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 394 This appears to take place chiefly in the splanchnic area. |
2. Affecting, pertaining or relating to, the viscera.
| 1681 Willis Operat. Med. ii. ii. 89 Splanchnick remedies or those which respect the bowels of the lower Belly. 1822–7 Good Study Med. (1829) V. 307 In Splanchnic Obesity, the encumbered viscera are more or less buried in beds of fat. 1874 Coues Birds N.W. 592 Other minor points of splanchnic details. |
B. n. A splanchnic nerve. Chiefly in pl.
| 1840 G. V. Ellis Anat. 360 The great splanchnic..is a large white nerve,..which descends to the diaphragm. 1877 Dickinson Diabetes 17 After division of the splanchnics which are in the direct line of hepatic innervation. |
So † ˈsplanchnical a. Obs. rare.
| 1681 tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Splanchnical, belonging to the spleen. 1702 Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1582 Those generated in the..Guts, beget Cholical, Splanchnical, Hypocondriacal Pains. |