Meanings
nounsplanchnology (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableanatomyThe scientific study of the viscera.
These various organs, with those composing the respiratory and genitourinary apparatus, have received the name of viscera, and the term splanchnology is often given to that branch of anatomy devoted to their study.
1887, Auguste Chauveau, The Comparative Anatomy of the Domesticated Animals, page 326Synonyms: splanchnography
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe scientific study of the viscera.
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Origin
- Englishsplanchno-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishsplanchnology
From splanchno- + -ology.
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