Viscera

Introduction: Viscera

Description of Viscera

Viscera: Refers to organs within a body cavity, especially the abdominal cavity.

Viscera: Plural of viscus. SYN: vitals (1).
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Viscera: internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'".
Source: WordNet 2.1

Viscera: Any of the large interior organs in any one of the three great cavities of the body, especially in the abdomen.
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

Viscera: Any of the large interior organs in any one of the three great cavities of the body, especially in the abdomen.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Viscera:

Terms Similar to Viscera:

• entrails
• innards

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Viscera

• internal organ
• viscus

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Viscera

• organ

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Viscera

The following list attempts to classify Viscera into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• internal organ,viscus
• organ
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Body Regions
  • Viscera

MESH - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• body region
• Anatomy

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