viscus

2 definitions found

viscus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Viscus \Vis"cus\, n.; pl. Viscera. [L., perhaps akin to E.
     viscid.] (Anat.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

viscus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  viscus
      n 1: a main organ that is situated inside the body [syn:
           internal organ, viscus]