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viscera
vis·cer·a / ˈvisərə/ • pl. n. (sing. vis·cus / ˈviskəs/ ) the internal organs in the main cavities of the body, esp. those in the abdomen, e.g., the intestines. |
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"viscera." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "viscera." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-viscera.html "viscera." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-viscera.html |
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viscera
viscera (vis-er-ă) pl. n. (sing. viscus) the organs within the body cavities, especially the organs of the abdominal cavities.
—visceral (vis-er-ăl) adj. |
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"viscera." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "viscera." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-viscera.html "viscera." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-viscera.html |
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viscera
viscera The organs within a body cavity, used especially for the abdominal viscera—liver, spleen, gastro‐intestinal tract, kidneys, etc.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "viscera." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "viscera." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-viscera.html DAVID A. BENDER. "viscera." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-viscera.html |
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viscera
viscera XVII. — L., pl. of vīscus VISCUS.
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T. F. HOAD. "viscera." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "viscera." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-viscera.html T. F. HOAD. "viscera." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-viscera.html |
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viscera
•Altamira, chimera, clearer, Elvira, era, hearer, Hera, hetaera, interferer, lempira, lira, lire, Madeira, Megaera, monstera, rangatira, rearer, scorzonera, sera, shearer, smearer, sneerer, steerer, Thera, Utsire, Vera
•acquirer, admirer, enquirer, firer, hirer, inquirer, requirer, wirer
•devourer, flowerer, scourer
•Angostura, Bonaventura, bravura, Bujumbura, caesura, camera obscura, coloratura, curer, Dürer, durra, Estremadura, figura, fioritura, Führer, insurer, Jura, juror, Madura, nomenklatura, procurer, sura, surah, tamboura, tempura, tourer
•labourer (US laborer) • Canberra
•Attenborough
•Barbara, Scarborough
•Marlborough • Farnborough
•Deborah • rememberer
•Gainsborough • Edinburgh
•Aldeburgh • blubberer
•Loughborough
•lumberer, slumberer
•Peterborough
•Berbera, gerbera
•manufacturer • capturer • lecturer
•posturer • torturer • nurturer
•philanderer • gerrymanderer
•slanderer
•renderer, tenderer
•dodderer
•squanderer, wanderer
•borderer • launderer • flounderer
•embroiderer • Kundera
•blunderer, plunderer, thunderer, wonderer
•murderer • amphora • pilferer
•offerer • sufferer
•staggerer, swaggerer
•sniggerer
•lingerer, malingerer
•treasurer • usurer • injurer • conjuror
•perjurer • lacquerer
•Ankara, hankerer
•bickerer, dickerer
•tinkerer • conqueror • heuchera
•cellarer • cholera
•camera, stammerer
•armourer (US armorer)
•ephemera, remora
•kumara • woomera • murmurer
•Tanagra • genera • gunnera
•Tampere, tamperer
•Diaspora
•emperor, Klemperer, tempera, temperer
•caperer, paperer
•whimperer • whisperer • opera
•corpora • tessera • viscera • sorcerer
•adventurer, venturer
•batterer, chatterer, flatterer, natterer, scatterer, shatterer
•banterer
•barterer, charterer
•plasterer • shelterer • pesterer
•et cetera • caterer
•titterer, twitterer
•potterer, totterer
•fosterer
•slaughterer, waterer
•falterer, palterer
•saunterer • poulterer
•bolsterer, upholsterer
•loiterer • roisterer • fruiterer
•flutterer, mutterer, splutterer, stutterer, utterer
•adulterer • musterer • plethora
•gatherer • ditherer • furtherer
•favourer (US favorer), waverer
•deliverer, shiverer
•hoverer
•manoeuvrer (US maneuverer)
•discoverer, recoverer
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"viscera." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "viscera." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-viscera.html "viscera." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-viscera.html |
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