See Also: visceromotor(medicine)
visceromotor reflex(medicine)

spongeous (iou) and visceromotor (medicine)


spongeous (iou)



spongeous adjective. LME.
[from Latin spongeosus, from spongea SPONGE noun1: see -EOUS. Cf. SPONGIOUS.]
Of the Nature or character of a sponge; spongy.

visceromotor (medicine)


visceromotor


1. Relating to or controlling movement in the viscera; denoting the autonomic nerves innervating the viscera, especially the intestines.

2. Denoting a movement having a relation to the viscera; referring to reflex muscular contractions of the abdominal wall in cases of visceral disease.

Synonym: viscerimotor.