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visceral

vis·ce·ral

UK/ˈvəsəɹəl/ US/ˈvɪsəɹəl/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

relating to or affecting the viscera

  • “visceral bleeding”
  • “a splanchnic nerve”
Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle French viscéral (modern French viscéral), or from its etymon Medieval Latin viscerālis (“internal”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Viscerālis is derived from Latin viscera (a plural form of vīscus (“internal organ of the body”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to rotate, turn”)) + -ālis (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). cognates * Old French visceral (Middle French viscéral, modern French viscéral) * Italian viscerale * Spanish visceral

Phrases

  • gut feeling
  • gut reaction
  • second nature
  • visceral leishmaniasis
  • visceral pleura
  • visceral skeleton

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