viscus
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin, perhaps akin to English viscid.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪskəs
[edit] Noun
viscus (plural: viscera)
- (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.
- Specifically, the intestines.
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
organ in the abdomen
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- viscus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

