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viscus

/ˈvɪskəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
vis-cus
IPA
/ˈvɪskəs/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

The intestines.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

viscera (plural)

Derived Forms

eviscerate visceral

Frequently Paired Words

viscous

Synonyms

entrails innards intestines offal internal organ

Homonyms

viscous

Rhymes With

viscous meniscus discus lemniscus abaciscus asteriscus uraniscus trochiscus

Questions

How do you pronounce viscus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɪskəs/.
What does viscus mean?
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.
Where does viscus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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