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viscus.

mistletoe; bird-lime (made from mistletoe berries); soft fleshy body parts (usu. pl.), internal organs; entrails, flesh; offspring;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwiːs.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈvis.kus]
  1. organ (any internal organ of the body)

    declension-3 · plural
  2. entrails, viscera, bowels, internal organs

    declension-3 · plural
  3. the innermost part of something, as the heart and vital organs are to the body

    declension-3 · figuratively · plural
Where this word comes from

Of unclear origin; possibly Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to turn, rotate”). Compare typologically vulva < Proto-Indo-European *welH-, whence also volvō and many others.

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