splanchn-, splanchno- +
(Greek: entrails, intestines, viscera [internal organs collectively; especially, those in the abdominal cavity])
A skeletal element, like the lower jaw, connected with the alimentary canal: A splanchnapophysis can be a bone and is connected to the internal organs.
An intestinal obstruction: When Jane had pains in her abdomen, she went to the doctor who examined her and was informed that she had a case of a splanchnemphraxis, or a blockage in her visceral organ.
Sensation from the viscera; which is usually the abdominal area: Manfred had a sudden feeling of splanchnesthesia and so he rushed to the washroom thinking he might have to regurgitate.
splanchnic (adjective) (not comparable)
Pertaining to the viscera; visceral: When the splanchnic nerves are stimulated in the visceral organs, epinephrine and norepinephrine are released.
Surgical resection of one or more of the splanchnic nerves: Splanchnicectomy is performed by doctors when patients suffer from hypertension or intractable pain.
Herniation of any of the abdominal viscera: A splanchnocele can also be explained as a primitive embryonic body cavity, or the coelom.
Displacement or separation of visceral organs: The newborn baby was diagnosed as having a condition of splanchnodiastasis, and the doctors debated about the success or failure of such an operation to correct the separation of part of the internal organs.
Pain arising in a visceral organ: When Susan was experiencing pains in her abdomen, she went to her doctor who examined her and diagnosed her as having a condition of splanchnodynia which could be treated.
Visceral descriptive anatomy: In medical school, Sam read a splanchnography,or a splanchnology, on the internal organs, particularly those of the abdomen.
A calculus (hard lump) in the gastrointestinal tract: A splanchnolith can be a oprolith, an intestinal concretio among other types of concretions that can nest themselves inside the intestine.
The nomenclature dealing with the viscera: In class, Sally learned that the term splanchnologia was one branch of medicine dealing with the entrails or bowels of a body.
Study of the visceral organs: In medical school, Sam took a course in splanchnology to learn all about the internal organs, like the liver, stomach, and heart.
An abnormal enlargement of any or all visceral organs; visceromegaly: Dr. Smart told his students about a condition of splanchnomegaly in which there is a morbid increase of size of an organ or organs.
An abnormally small size of viscera: Dr. Smart also told his students about the cases of splanchnomicrias, which were exceptionally little internal organs and showed them photos of such conditions.
A very seldom paraphilia involving the a sexual attraction to the internal organs:In her book, Jill read about a case of splanchnopathia in which there seemed to be an extreme sexual interest or appeal towards the viscera of a body.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "internal organs, entrails, inside": ent-; enter-; fistul-; incret-; inter-; intra-; viscer-.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.
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