Viscera

Viscera
Viscus 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. [1913 Webster]

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  • VISCERA — Graece σπλάγχνα, Veteribus proprie, quidquid inter cutem et ossa, seu quidquid sub corio est, ut ait Servius, ad illud l. 1. Aen. v. 215 Tergora diripiunt costis, et Viscera nudant. Unde visceratio, ἡ κρεωδαισία, de qua postea: et viscera membra… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • víscera — f. anat. Todo órgano contenido en una cavidad del cuerpo, especialmente los alojados en la cavidad abdominal. Medical Dictionary. 2011 …   Diccionario médico

  • viscera — (n., pl.) inner organs of the body, 1650s, from L. viscera, pl. of viscus internal organ, of unknown origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • víscera — (Del lat. viscĕra). f. Cada uno de los órganos contenidos en las principales cavidades del cuerpo humano y de los animales …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Viscera — Vis ce*ra, n., pl. of {Viscus}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Viscĕra — (lat.), Eingeweide. Daher Visceral, zu den Eingeweiden gehörig, dieselben betreffend, Visceralelixir, s. Magenelixir. Visceralklystiere, s.u. Kämpf u. Klystier. Visceralia, Arzneistoffe, welche Stärkung der Unterleibsorgane bewirken, Magenmittel …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Viscĕra — (lat.), die Eingeweide; daher viszeral, die Eingeweide betreffend (vgl. Viszeral...) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Viscera — Viscera, lat., das Eingeweide, das Innere; v. l, die Eingeweide betreffend …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • víscera — s. f. 1. Cada um dos órgãos que estão contidos nas cavidades do corpo, como o cérebro, os pulmões, o coração, o fígado, etc. • vísceras s. f. pl. 2. Entranhas. 3.  [Figurado] A parte mais íntima de qualquer coisa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • viscera — ► PLURAL NOUN (sing. viscus) ▪ the internal organs in the main cavities of the body, especially those in the abdomen. ORIGIN Latin, plural of viscus …   English terms dictionary

  • viscera — [vis′ər ə] pl.n. sing. viscus [vis′kəs] [L, pl. of viscus, an inner part of the body] the internal organs of the body, esp. of the thorax and abdomen, as the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, intestines, etc.; specif., in popular usage, the… …   English World dictionary

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