— splanchnopleural, splanchnopleuric , adj.
/splangk"neuh ploor'/ , n. Embryol.
the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera. Cf. somatopleure .
[ 1870-75; splanchnopleura. See SPLANCHNO-, PLEURA ]