visceral
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the viscera.
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affecting the viscera.
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of the nature of or resembling viscera.
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characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect.
a visceral reaction.
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characterized by or dealing with coarse or base emotions; earthy; crude.
a visceral literary style.
adjective
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of, relating to, or affecting the viscera
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characterized by intuition or instinct rather than intellect
Other Word Forms
- nonvisceral adjective
- unvisceral adjective
- viscerally adverb
Etymology
Origin of visceral
First recorded in 1565–75; from Medieval Latin viscerālis, equivalent to viscer(a) ( viscera ) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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Beyond easing symptoms, participants in the intermittent fasting group experienced a significant reduction in harmful visceral fat and key inflammatory signals in the bloodstream.
From Science Daily
What she could do is make a film that recalled the visceral feeling of reading the novel as a teen.
From Los Angeles Times
Avocados are good for your gut health and can actually change fat distribution in women, reducing the amount of very unhealthy deep visceral belly fat, according to researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
From MarketWatch
Their visceral cream of pistachio, hazelnut, dark or white chocolate, lemon, raspberry, cinnamon apple, caramel, or speculous.
From Salon
Earlier studies have already shown that obesity, especially excess visceral fat, is associated with poorer brain and cognitive health.
From Science Daily
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