viscera
IPA: vˈɪsɝʌ
noun
- Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.
- The intestines.
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Examples of "viscera" in Sentences
- Edema of the viscera is a most serious complication.
- You can't reply "Well, my viscera is just shitting all over this."
- The Nascopies do not feast on the "viscera" of their victims, nor do
- And the same is true of the other so-called viscera, which are indeed formed from the same material as the heart.
- A single batch of students get barely an hour to study a bone or viscera, which is not enough time for a class of 50, "Dr Bhattacharya said.
- Most important, she uses the term viscera, which refers to the belly generally and the pregnant womb more specifically, to describe the young child.
- The splanchnic nerves (splank'nik; "viscera" G), which originate from some of the thoracic nerves, have their preganglionic fibers ending in a mass of ganglia (a "plexus") lying j'ust behind the stomach.
- Harrison MR, Adzick NS, Longaker MT, Goldberg JD, Rosen MA, Filly RA, Evans MI, Golbus MS: Successful repair in utero of a fetal diaphragmatic hernia after removal of herniated viscera from the left thorax.
- The viscera is crushed within me; breathing is difficult; speech painful; motion agonizing; but you may examine and satisfy yourselves, said Doctor Day, still speaking cheerfully, though with great suffering.
- Not to be gross although we've already talked about "viscera" and "flesh jackets", but we're left to conclude that either Grimes managed -- while in a coma -- make it to the bathroom when he needed evacuate all those IV fluids or left the hospital sheets in serious need of laundering.
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