splanchnic nerve

1. 1.

   any of several nerves of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system that innervate viscera and blood vessels

   Broadernerve

   Part ofsympathetic nervous system

Questions about splanchnic nerve

What does splanchnic nerve mean?

splanchnic nerve means "any of several nerves of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system that innervate viscera and blood vessels".

Is splanchnic nerve a common word?

splanchnic nerve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.