viscera

See also: víscera

English

Noun

viscera

1. plural of viscus

Noun

viscera pl (plural only)

1. Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.
2. The intestines.

Synonyms

• entrails
• innards
• intestines
• offal

Derived terms

• visceral
• eviscerate
• megaviscera

Translations

internal organs of the body

• Catalan: víscera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內臟 (zh), 内脏 (zh) (nèizàng)

• Czech: vnitřnosti pl
• Finnish: sisälmykset (fi) pl, sisäelimet (fi) pl
• French: viscère (fr) m sg
• German: innere Organe m pl, Eingeweide (de) f pl
• Greek: σπλάγχνα (el) n pl (splánchna), σπλάχνα (el) n pl (spláchna)
• Ido: viceri, viceraro
• Japanese: 内臓 (ja) (ないぞう, naizō), 腸 (ja) (ちょう, chō)
• Korean: 내장 (naejang) (內臟 (ko))

• Maori: kāpiro
• Navajo: atsą́ siláí
• Norwegian: innvoller m pl
• Polish: trzewia (pl)
• Portuguese: víscera (pt) f
• Russian: вну́тренности (ru) f pl (vnútrennosti), потроха́ (ru) m pl (potroxá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: утроба f, дроб m

  Roman: utroba (sh) f, drob (sh) m

• Spanish: víscera (es) f
• Tagalog: lamanloob

intestines — see intestines

References

• viscera in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• varices

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwis.ke.ra/, [ˈwɪs.kɛ.ra]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ʃe.ra/, [ˈviʃ.ʃɛ.ra]

Noun

viscera

1. nominative plural of viscus
2. accusative plural of viscus
3. vocative plural of viscus

References

• viscera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers