Etymology

splanchnoskeleton

Today it means: That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπλάγχνα“viscera”
  2. English todaysplanchnoskeleton

Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα (splánkhna, “viscera”) + English skeleton.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσπλάγχνα all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.