esplâncnico

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin splanchnicus, from Ancient Greek σπλαγχνικός (splankhnikós), from σπλάγχνα (splánkhna, “viscera”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈplɐ̃k.ni.ku/, /esˈplɐ̃k.ni.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈplɐ̃k.ni.ku/, /esˈplɐ̃k.ni.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈplɐ̃k.ni.ku/, /eʃˈplɐ̃k.ni.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈplɐ̃k.ni.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈplɐ̃.kni.ku/

Adjective

esplâncnico (feminine esplâncnica, masculine plural esplâncnicos, feminine plural esplâncnicas)

1. (medicine) splanchnic (relating to the viscera)