- singular of viscera.
viscus
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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What happens is with birria, it becomes almost viscus.
From Salon ● May 18, 2022
It is more than probable that the forced dilatation of the stomach has arrested the spasms, for filling this viscus with cold drinks to repletion will often effect the same result.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
XX. and thus it appears, that many circles of association are either directly or reversely associated, or catenated, with this viscus; which will much contribute to unfold some of the symptoms of fever.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
The chlorosis is another disease owing to the deficient action of the absorbents of the liver, and perhaps in some degree also to that of the secretory vessels, or glands, which compose that viscus.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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 George Henry Makins
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