Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The scientific study of the viscera and its organs.
- noun The characteristics and structure of the visceral system of an animal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sum of scientific knowledge concerning viscera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That part of anatomy which treats of the viscera; also, a treatise on the viscera.
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- noun anatomy The scientific study of the
viscera .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin splanchno-, of viscera (from Greek splankhna, viscera) + –logy.]
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Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα (splankha, "viscera") + -ology
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reesetee commented on the word splanchnology
The scientific study of the viscera.
October 24, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word splanchnology
I just discovered this word over in the examples on bulbo-urethral (don't ask).
August 14, 2011
bourbonmots commented on the word splanchnology
Not to be confused with haruspicy.
August 15, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word splanchnology
OR spanakopitology
I am what I yam
I'm popeye the sailor man
August 15, 2011