Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The soft internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
- noun plural The intestines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
viscus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun pl. of
viscus .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
viscus . Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as theliver ,heart , orstomach . - noun The
intestines .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Harrison MR, Adzick NS, Longaker MT, Goldberg JD, Rosen MA, Filly RA, Evans MI, Golbus MS: Successful repair in utero of a fetal diaphragmatic hernia after removal of herniated viscera from the left thorax.
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The viscera is crushed within me; breathing is difficult; speech painful; motion agonizing; but you may examine and satisfy yourselves, said Doctor Day, still speaking cheerfully, though with great suffering.
The Hidden Hand 1888
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You can't reply "Well, my viscera is just shitting all over this."
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 12 Recap: Let's Getty It Over With Una LaMarche 2010
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Most important, she uses the term viscera, which refers to the belly generally and the pregnant womb more specifically, to describe the young child.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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And the same is true of the other so-called viscera, which are indeed formed from the same material as the heart.
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Edema of the viscera is a most serious complication.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Not to be gross although we've already talked about "viscera" and "flesh jackets", but we're left to conclude that either Grimes managed -- while in a coma -- make it to the bathroom when he needed evacuate all those IV fluids or left the hospital sheets in serious need of laundering.
'Walking Dead' episode two: Five questions about 'Guts' Jen Chaney 2010
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The splanchnic nerves (splank'nik; "viscera" G), which originate from some of the thoracic nerves, have their preganglionic fibers ending in a mass of ganglia (a "plexus") lying j'ust behind the stomach.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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The Nascopies do not feast on the "viscera" of their victims, nor do
Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2) John M'lean
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A single batch of students get barely an hour to study a bone or viscera, which is not enough time for a class of 50, "Dr Bhattacharya said.
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