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VISCUS

\vˈɪskəs], \vˈɪskəs], \v_ˈɪ_s_k_ə_s]\

Definitions of VISCUS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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a main organ that is situated inside the body

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a main organ that is situated inside the body

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

An internal organ, especially one of the large abdominal organs.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Organ of the body.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

An entrail; one of the contents of the cranium, thorax, or abdomen. See Viscera.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

In anat., one of such organs as the brain, the heart, the liver, and the spleen, contained within the three great cavities of the body.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

pl. viscera. Any large interior organ in any of the four great bodily cavities, especially those in the abdomen.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

PL, viscera. Any one of the internal organs of the body; generally used in the pi., viscera. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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