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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   a main organ that is situated inside the body wordnet
3. 3
   The intestines. specifically

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

From Latin vīscus (“any internal organ of the body”).

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