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    VISCUS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A main organ that is situated inside the bodyplay

    Synonyms:

    internal organ; viscus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("viscus" is a kind of...):

    organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viscus"):

    entrails; innards; viscera (internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity))

    excretory organ; urinary organ (an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them)

    liver (large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes)

    heart; pump; ticker (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body)

    breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)

    respiratory organ (any organ involved in the process of respiration)

    bowel; gut; intestine (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)

    hindgut (the caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos)

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    Both muscles unite and insert at the apex of the coccyx to form the pelvic floor supporting the pelvic viscera and aiding in defecation.

    (Levator Ani, NCI Thesaurus)


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