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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIS'CERA, n. [L.] The bowels or intestines; the contents of the abdomen and thorax.
In its most general sense, the organs contained in any cavity of the body, particularly in the three venters, the head, thorax and abdomen.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of `viscus'" [syn: viscera, entrails, innards]

Merriam Webster's

plural of viscus

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n.pl. the interior organs in the great cavities of the body (e.g. brain, heart, liver), esp. in the abdomen (e.g. the intestines). Etymology: L, pl. of viscus: see VISCUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Viscera Vis"ce*ra, n., pl. of Viscus.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Viscus Vis"cus, n.; pl. Viscera. [L., perhaps akin to E. viscid.] (Anat.) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Viscera are the large organs inside the body, such as the heart, liver, and stomach. (MEDICAL) N-PLURAL

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. pl. [L.] Entrails, intestines, bowels, inwards, guts.

Moby Thesaurus

abdomen, anus, appendix, being, blind gut, bones, bosom, bowels, brain, breast, cecum, colon, duodenum, endocardium, entrails, esprit, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart, heart of hearts, heartstrings, hindgut, inmost heart, inmost soul, innards, inner mechanism, innermost being, insides, internals, intestine, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kishkes, large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, midgut, perineum, pump, pylorus, rectum, secret places, small intestine, soul, spirit, spleen, stomach, stuffing, ticker, tripes, vermiform appendix, vitals, works