Viscus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  viscus
       n : a main organ that is situated inside the body [syn: {internal
           organ}]