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viscus

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪskəs/

The English word “viscus” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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. The intestines.

Etymology

From Latin vīscus (“any internal organ of the body”).

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