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viscus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈvɪskəs/

Etymology

From Latin vīscus (“any internal organ of the body”).

Meanings

1. One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
2. (specifically) The intestines.

Forms

Deriveds

visceral · eviscerate

Relateds

viscous

Synonyms

offal · innards · entrails · intestines

Translations (7)

es víscera (organ in the abdomen) · ca víscera (organ in the abdomen) · hu zsiger (the intestines) · io vicero (organ in the abdomen) · pt víscera (organ in the abdomen) · gl víscera (organ in the abdomen) · sv inälva (organ in the abdomen)