viscus
Americannoun
noun
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What happens is with birria, it becomes almost viscus.
From Salon ● May 18, 2022
In the writings of Nemesius, bishop of Emissa, we read that the movement observed in the pulse originates in the heart, chiefly from the artery of the left ventricle of the viscus.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
It holds, not only of a bone, a muscle, a nerve, an organ of sense, a mental faculty; but of every gland, every viscus, every element of the body.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
Not every muscle only, but every nerve and nerve-centre, every blood-vessel, every viscus, and nearly every bone, may be increased or decreased by its influence.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
Cases might, however, occur in which oblique passage of the bullet cuts a groove and makes a large opening in the peritoneum-clad portion of the viscus.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry
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