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Viscus

noun
(pl. viscera)
1.
A main organ that is situated inside the body.  Synonym: internal organ.





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"Viscus" Quotes from Famous Books



... ubiquity, the permanency, the eternity, and the divinity of the soul, for is not your favourite axiom, ' It is the nature of limbs which thinketh in man'? The immortal mind is, according to you, an ignoble viscus; the god-like gift of reason is the instinct of a dog somewhat highly developed. Still you left us something to hope. Still you allowed us one boast. Still life was a thread connecting us with the Giver of Life. But now, with an impious hand, in blasphemous rage ye have rent asunder that last ...
— Vikram and the Vampire • Sir Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Viscus" :   respiratory organ, excretory organ, intestine, bowel, gut, tum, hindgut, organ, stomach, urinary organ, breadbasket, ticker, heart, innards, entrails, viscera, liver, pump, tummy


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