visceral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”).
Of a disease: involving the viscera.
Of or relating to the viscera or bowels regarded as the origin of a person's emotions; hence (figuratively), relating to or having deep internal feelings or sensibility.
Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
(Apparently) situated in the viscera or the interior of the body.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪsəɹəl/ [ˈvɪsəɹɫ̩] /ˈvɪsɹəl/ [ˈvɪsɹɫ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-visceral.wav /ˈvəsəɹəl/ [ˈvəsəɹɫ̩] /ˈvəsɹəl/ [ˈvəsɹɫ̩]

Word forms

visceral more visceral most visceral

Etymology

From Middle French viscéral (modern French viscéral), or from its etymon Medieval Latin viscerālis (“internal”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Viscerālis is derived from Latin viscera (a plural form of vīscus (“internal organ of the body”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to rotate, turn”)) + -ālis (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). cognates * Old French visceral (Middle French viscéral, modern French viscéral) * Italian viscerale * Spanish visceral

Synonyms

visceral splanchnic

Antonyms

intellectual parietal cerebral

Related words

eviscerate evisceration viscera viscerate visceration viscero- visceroception visceromegaly visceroptosis viscerosensitive viscerosensory viscerotome viscerotonic gut feeling gut reaction innate second nature bodily

Derived words

paravisceral perivisceral supravisceral visceralise visceralize visceralising visceralizing viscerality visceralization visceral leishmaniasis viscerally visceral pleura visceral skeleton

Translations

Czech: vnitřní Czech: útrobní Dutch: visceraal Finnish: sisälmys- Finnish: sisäelin- Finnish: viskeraalinen French: viscéral Galician: visceral German: viszeral Hungarian: zsigeri Ido: vicerala Macedonian: у́тробен Polish: trzewiowy Polish: trzewny Russian: висцеральный Russian: внутренностный Spanish: visceral Turkish: viseral

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