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Webster 1913 Edition


Viscus


Vis′cus

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Noun.
;
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.

Definition 2024


viscus

viscus

English

Noun

viscus (plural viscera)

  1. (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.
  2. Specifically, the intestines.

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References

  • viscus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • viscus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • viscus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwis.kus/, [ˈwɪs.kʊs]

Noun

viscus n (genitive visceris); third declension

  1. Any internal organ of the body.
  2. (anatomy) entrails, viscera

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative viscus viscera
genitive visceris viscerum
dative viscerī visceribus
accusative viscus viscera
ablative viscere visceribus
vocative viscus viscera

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References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill