viscus

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

viscus

  • /ˈvɪskəs/

Sounds like viscous · Rhymes with -ɪskəs

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.

Similar: entrails, innards, intestines, offal

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: entrails, innards, intestines, offal

Translations

Every language

noun organ in the abdomen

Españolvíscera
Portuguêsvíscera

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"viscus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/viscus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

viscus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/viscus

Chicago

"viscus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/viscus.

BibTeX
@misc{viscus_2026,
  title = {viscus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/viscus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}