Splanchnography
(Splanch*nog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. an entrail + -graphy.] Splanchnology.

Splanchnology
(Splanch*nol"o*gy) n. [Gr. an entrail + -logy.] That part of anatomy which treats of the viscera; also, a treatise on the viscera.

Splanchnopleure
(Splanch"no*pleure) n. [Gr. an entrail + side.] (Anat.) The inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellæ into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure.

Splanch`no*pleu"ric a.

Splanchno-skeleton
(Splanch`no-skel"e*ton) n. [Gr. an entrail + E. skeleton.] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera. Owen.

Splanchnotomy
(Splanch*not"o*my) n. [Gr. an entrail + to cut.] The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera.

Splandrel
(Splan"drel) n. See Spandrel. [R.]

Splash
(Splash) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Splashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Splashing.] [Akin to plash.]

1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.

Splash
(Splash), v. i. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.

Splash
(Splash), n.

1. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.

2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.

Splashboard
(Splash"board`) n. A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; — in the United States commonly called dashboard.

Splasher
(Splash"er) n.

1. One who, or that which, splashes.

2. One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc. Weale.

3. A guard to keep off splashes from anything.


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