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viscera

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vis·cer·a  (vsr-)
pl.n.
1. The soft internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
2. The intestines.
[Latin vscera, pl. of vscus.]
viscera [ˈvɪsərə]
pl n sing viscus [ˈvɪskəs]
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy the large internal organs of the body collectively, esp those in the abdominal cavity Related adj splanchnic
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (less formally) the intestines; guts
[from Latin: entrails, pl of viscus internal organ]
viscera  (vsr-)
The soft internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
visceral adjective
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.visceraviscera - internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'"
entrails, innards
internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the body
viscera plural noun
Related words
adjective splanchic, visceral
Translations
viscera [ˈvɪsərə] NPL → vísceras fpl
viscera [ˈvɪsərə] npl → viscères mpl
viscera
pl → innere Organe pl; (in abdomen) → Eingeweide pl


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Sherrington, by experiments on dogs, showed that many of the usual marks of emotion were present in their behaviour even when, by severing the spinal cord in the lower cervical region, the viscera were cut off from all communication with the brain, except that existing through certain cranial nerves.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
He meant to be a unit who would make a certain amount of difference towards that spreading change which would one day tell appreciably upon the averages, and in the mean time have the pleasure of making an advantageous difference to the viscera of his own patients.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
And, unlike the mere bush dogs, who stole shelter from the rain under overhanging eaves, Jerry was given a dry place under the roof where the heads of bushmen and of forgotten sandalwood traders hung down from above in the midst of a dusty confusion of dried viscera of sharks, crocodile skulls, and skeletons of Solomons rats that measured two-thirds of a yard in length from bone-tip of nose to bone-tip of tail.
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