viscus

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Etymology[edit]

From New Latin, from Latin viscus (any internal organ of the body), perhaps akin to English viscid.

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viscus (plural viscera)

  1. (anatomy) 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.

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Noun[edit]

viscus (genitive visceris); n, third declension

  1. Any internal organ of the body.
  2. entrails, viscera

Inflection[edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative viscus viscera
genitive visceris viscerum
dative viscerī visceribus
accusative viscus viscera
ablative viscere visceribus
vocative viscus viscera

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  • viscus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879