"`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Edema of the viscera is a most serious complication. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
And the same is true of the other so-called viscera, which are indeed formed from the same material as the heart. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
Most important, she uses the term viscera, which refers to the belly generally and the pregnant womb more specifically, to describe the young child. From Wordnik.com. [A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries] Reference
The Nascopies do not feast on the "viscera" of their victims, nor do. From Wordnik.com. [Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2)] Reference
A single batch of students get barely an hour to study a bone or viscera, which is not enough time for a class of 50, "Dr Bhattacharya said. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
At last the various intestines and viscera began to grow. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
He carried the pelvic viscera in his pocket to the class-room. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
They tenderly open the chest and take out the heart and viscera. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
A thorough examination revealed no trouble of any of the viscera. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
The thoracic viscera gravitate according to the position of the body. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Muscle and other viscera pull off with the same minimal amount of tug. From Wordnik.com. [Out On The Waves] Reference
Abdominal and ovarian dropsy as influencing the position of the viscera. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Accordingly -- their viscera only being removed -- they were tumbled into. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The thoracic space is completely filled by its viscera, which, in mass, take. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Of these two layers, the abdominal viscera form for themselves a double envelope. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The others had witnessed how the relief worker had his viscera removed while they slept. From Wordnik.com. [In the Forest of the Snake People (Part 1)] Reference
The symbolism of Paul Volcker standing behind his president sent a shudder through my viscera. From Wordnik.com. [Get Briefed: Paul Volcker] Reference
His viscera are bruised, and his only chance of life is in cool veins well emptied by the lancet. From Wordnik.com. [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference
Westminster for burial, but the viscera were brought to Lincoln and interred in the Cathedral, A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Observe the condition of the omentum, the mesentery, the viscera and the peritoneal surface of the intestines. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Return the viscera to the abdominal cavity; draw the flaps of skin together and secure with Michel's steel clips. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The fibres of the stomach and bowels are contracted -- abscesses, gangrene, and schirri are found in the viscera. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
In the normal state of the thoracic viscera, the left thoracic space, G A K N, is occupied by the heart and left lung. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Serous membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity and folds inward to enclose the viscera. pharynx (pharyngeal). From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The thoracic viscera lie so closely to one another, that they respectively influence the form and dimensions of each other. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
In order to admit of full inspiration and pulmonary expansion, the abdominal viscera recede in the same ratio as the lungs dilate. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
De Groot says it is "strange to see Chinese fancy depict the souls of the viscera as distinct individuals with animal forms" (p. 71). From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
In fact this cavity may be said to be co-extensive with the attached part of the mantle, -- the viscera, enclosed within their delicate. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
He then taught them the nature and uses of the several viscera, which occupy the chest and belly, and their connection with each other. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
Nor, yet again, would we care to endanger the thoracic viscera by running the current from the abdomen up to the dorsal or cervical vertebræ. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
As the expanding lungs force the diaphragm downwards, the heart follows it, and all the abdominal viscera yield place to the descending thoracic contents. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
For here, and here alone, in all the viscera, and in fact in all the body, there is blood without blood-vessels, the blood elsewhere being always contained within vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
These cramps are even more easily induced in the muscular fibre of the viscera -- the unstriped, involuntary muscles -- such as exist in the intestine, bladder, and uterus. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
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