visceripericardial

adjective

vis·​ceri·​pericardial

¦visərə+

: of, relating to, or constituting the body cavity of a cephalopod mollusk that is incompletely divided into an upper cavity containing the heart and a lower one containing the viscera

Word History

Etymology

viscer- + pericardial

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