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viscero-
viscero- (ˈvɪsərəʊ) combining form, on Greek models, of L. viscera viscera, employed in anatomical terms, as viscero-branchial, viscero-pericardial, viscero-pleural (etc.), adjs. Also visceroˈcranium = splanchnocranium s.v. splanchno-; ˌvisceropˈtosis Path. (see quot. 1897); visceroˈtropic a. Med. [...
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viscerotonic
viscerotonic, a. and n. (ˌvɪsərəʊˈtɒnɪk) [f. viscero- + tonic a.] A. adj. Designating or characteristic of a type of personality which is comfort-loving, sociable, and easy-going, classified by Sheldon as being associated with an endomorphic physique. B. n. One having this type of personality. So vi...
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viscerotome
viscerotome Med. (ˈvɪsərəʊtəʊm) [f. viscero- + -tome.] An instrument for obtaining post-mortem samples of liver tissue through a puncture in the abdominal wall (avoiding necropsy), used esp. when yellow fever is suspected. Hence visceˈrotomy, the use of a viscerotome.1934 Amer. Jrnl. Hygiene XIX. 55...
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entero-
entero- (ˈɛntərəʊ; before two unstressed syllables ɛntəˈrɒ) (before a vowel sometimes reduced to enter-), combining form of Gr. ἔντερο-ν intestine, in many compounds of mod. formation, occurring in Biology, Pathology, etc. The most important only are here given; as enteradeˈnography Anat. [see adeno...
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