Perivisceral

Not Acceptable For Game Play

This word is not acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Surrounding the viscera: a perivisceral sinus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Around the viscera.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Around the viscera.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Surrounding and containing viscera, as a cavity; perienteric; cœlomatic: chiefly said of the large or general body-cavity, called the perivisceral cavity or space, in which are contained the alimentary canal and its appendages. See cut under Actinozoa.
  • Word Usage
    "In insects, the main indicator of the nutritional reserve level is the fat body, which appears as a spongy, aggregated mass of cells (trophocytes), whitish in color, and irregularly distributed in the perivisceral space of the thorax and the abdomen."
    Cross Reference
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts