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viscus

/ˈvɪskəs/

viscus noun: 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.

Noun

viscus (plural viscera)

  1. 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.
  2. (specifically) The intestines.

viscus meaning in Tamil

viscus in Tamil

உள்ளுறுப்பு, காணக்கூடிய, பார்க்கக் கூடிய, பார்க்கும் பொருள், பார்வையில் தோன்றும்

Synonyms of viscus

Forms of viscus

pluralviscera

Origin of viscus

From Latin vīscus (“any internal organ of the body”).

Words formed from viscus

Words that rhyme with viscus

Questions about viscus

What does viscus mean?
Viscus means 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.
What is viscus in Tamil?
Viscus in Tamil is உள்ளுறுப்பு, காணக்கூடிய, பார்க்கக் கூடிய. See Viscus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is viscus?
Viscus is a noun.
How do you pronounce viscus?
Viscus is pronounced /ˈvɪskəs/.
What is the plural of viscus?
The plural of viscus is viscera.

Words near viscus in the dictionary

  1. viscousness
  2. Visct
  3. viscumin
  4. viscumins
  5. viscuous
  6. viscus
  7. Viscuso
  8. Viscusos
  9. vise
  10. Visean
  11. vised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: viscus (page history and authors); viscus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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