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viscera

 
Dictionary: vis·cer·a   (vĭs'ər-ə) pronunciation
pl.n.
  1. The soft internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities.
  2. The intestines.

[Latin vīscera, pl. of vīscus.]


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Food and Nutrition: viscera
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The organs within a body cavity, used especially for the abdominal viscera— liver, spleen, gastro-intestinal tract, kidneys, etc.

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n.pl

(sg viscus), the internal organs enclosed within a body cavity, primarily the abdominal organs.


singular. viscus

Internal organs of the body cavity.

[L.] plural of viscus.

Translations: Viscera
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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - indvolde

Nederlands (Dutch)
inwendige organen, emotionele kant, niet intellectueel

Français (French)
n. pl. - viscères (npl)

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Eingeweide, %

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσιολ.) σπλάχνα, σωθικά

Italiano (Italian)
viscere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vísceras (f pl) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
внутренние органы, инстинкт

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - vísceras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inälvor

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
内脏, 内容

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 內臟, 內容

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 내장, 복강 안의 내장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 内臓, はらわた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) احشاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮קרביים, ברבים: מעיים‬


 
 

 

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