viscera

See also: víscera

English

Noun

viscera

1. plural of viscus

Noun

viscera pl (plural only)

1. Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.
2. The intestines.

Synonyms

• entrails
• innards
• intestines
• offal

Derived terms

• visceral
• eviscerate
• megaviscera

Translations

internal organs of the body

• Azerbaijani: içalat
• Bulgarian: вътрешности (bg) f pl (vǎtrešnosti)
• Catalan: víscera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內臟／内脏 (zh) (nèizàng)

• Czech: vnitřnosti (cs) pl
• Finnish: sisälmykset (fi) pl, sisäelimet (fi) pl
• French: viscère (fr) m sg
• German: innere Organe m pl, Eingeweide (de) f pl
• Greek: σπλάγχνα (el) n pl (splánchna), σπλάχνα (el) n pl (spláchna)
• Ido: viceri, viceraro
• Indonesian: visera (id)
• Japanese: 内臓 (ja) (ないぞう, naizō), 腸 (ja) (ちょう, chō)
• Korean: 내장(內臟) (naejang)
• Maori: kāpiro
• Navajo: atsą́ siláí
• Norwegian: innvoller m pl
• Polish: trzewia (pl)
• Portuguese: víscera (pt) f
• Russian: вну́тренности (ru) f pl (vnútrennosti), потроха́ (ru) m pl (potroxá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: утроба f, дроб m

  Roman: utroba (sh) f, drob (sh) m

• Spanish: víscera (es) f, entrañas (es) f pl
• Swedish: inälvor (sv) c pl
• Tagalog: lamanloob
• Ukrainian: нутрощі pl (nutrošči)

intestines — see intestines

References

• viscera in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• varices

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯is.ke.ra/, [ˈu̯ɪs̠kɛrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ʃe.ra/, [ˈviʃːerä]

Noun

viscera

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of viscus

References

• “viscera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers