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What is the noun for viscera?

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viscus
  1. (anatomy) 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. Specifically, the intestines.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The dull pains that occur in a partially obstructed viscus seem often to be worse with the torso fully extended.”
      “Plain-film abdominal radiographs are most useful when intestinal obstruction or perforation of a viscus in the abdomen is a concern.”
      “Visceral pain occurs when noxious stimuli affect a viscus, such as the stomach or intestines.”
viscera
  1. Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.
  2. The intestines.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The scientists examined the viscera of the rat to determine the cause of the infection.”
      “The weight of the abdominal viscera and adipose tissue pressed on the diaphragm, resulting in decreased chest volume.”
      “Cysts of different shapes and sizes appeared in the conjunctive tissues of the abdomen and viscera, mainly in the liver, gonads, and pancreas.”
eviscerator
  1. Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.
  2. A device for eviscerating something.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The brutal Carabid, the eviscerator of the Pimeli, knows how strong he is.”
evisceration
  1. A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) A vigorous verbal assault.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “During the complex abdominal surgery, the team performed a meticulous evisceration, removing the patient's internal organs with utmost precision.”
      “His evisceration of the hypocrisy and cynicism of Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schroeder was irresistible.”
      “After his 2007 evisceration of Flavor Flav, he may have taken some heat for making racial jokes.”
visceroptosis
  1. A prolapse or sinking downward of the abdominal viscera below their natural position.
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viscera
  1. plural of viscus
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The scientists examined the viscera of the rat to determine the cause of the infection.”
      “The weight of the abdominal viscera and adipose tissue pressed on the diaphragm, resulting in decreased chest volume.”
      “Cysts of different shapes and sizes appeared in the conjunctive tissues of the abdomen and viscera, mainly in the liver, gonads, and pancreas.”
eviscerations
eviscerators
  1. plural of eviscerator
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