- pleurovisceral
- SYN: visceropleural.
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pleu·ro·vis·cer·al (ploor″o-visґər-əl) pertaining to the pleura and the viscera.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
pleurovisceral
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pleurovisceral — pleu·ro·visceral … English syllables
pleurovisceral — |plu̇rō+ adjective Etymology: pleur + visceral : connecting the pleural and visceral ganglia of a mollusk … Useful english dictionary
visceropleural — Relating to the pleural and the thoracic viscera. SYN: pleurovisceral. * * * vis·cero·pleu·ral (vis″ər o ploorґəl) pertaining to both the viscera and the pleura … Medical dictionary
visceral ganglion — noun : either of a pair of ganglia in most mollusks that may lie close to or be fused with the pleural ganglia or may lie much farther back and are connected with the pleural ganglia by pleurovisceral connectives … Useful english dictionary
visceral loop — noun : a loop that is formed in most mollusks by the visceral ganglia with their commissure and the pleurovisceral connectives and that gives off branches to the gill, osphradium, parts of the mantle, and various viscera … Useful english dictionary
