Meaning of VISCUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'viskus
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| | Definition: | | [n] a main organ that is situated inside the body |
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| | Synonyms: | | internal organ |
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| | See Also: | | bowel, breadbasket, entrails, excretory organ, gut, heart, hindgut, innards, intestine, liver, organ, pump, respiratory organ, stomach, ticker, tum, tummy, urinary organ, viscera | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vis"cus\, n.; pl. {Viscera}. [L., perhaps akin to E.
viscid.] (Anat.)
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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Any hollow organ, such as the bladder, the stomach, etc. |
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