viscera

See also: víscera

English

Etymology

From Latin viscera (“internal organs; bowels”).

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) f pl, útroby (cs) f pl
• Finnish: sisälmykset (fi) pl, sisäelimet (fi) pl
• French: viscère (fr) m sg
• German: innere Organe n pl, Eingeweide (de) n pl
• Greek: σπλάγχνα (el) n pl (splánchna), σπλάχνα (el) n pl (spláchna)
• Ido: viceri, viceraro
• Indonesian: visera (id)
• Ingrian: syänriissat
• Italian: visceri (it) m pl, viscere (it) f pl
• 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
• Turkish: ahşa (tr), bağır (tr)
• Ukrainian: нутрощі pl (nutrošči)

intestines — see intestines

References

• “viscera”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• varices

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iːs.ke.ra/, [ˈu̯iːs̠kɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈviʃ.ʃe.ra/, [ˈviʃːerä]

Noun

vīscera

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vīscus

References

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