viscera

See also: víscera

English

Noun

viscera

1. plural of viscus

Noun

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／内脏 (zh) (nèizàng), 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))
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• 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• varices

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯is.ke.ra/, [ˈu̯ɪs̠kɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ʃe.ra/, [ˈviʃːerä]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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