visceral

Meaning

1. 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”).
2. 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”).
3. 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”).
4. (figuratively) Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
5. (figuratively, obsolete) (Apparently) situated in the viscera or the interior of the body.

Opposite of

parietal, cerebral

Synonyms

intuitive

splanchnic

nonrational

instinctive

tacit

unconscious

presentative

internal

intuitional

Translations

viscerale

visceral

viscéral

intuitif

visceral

viszeral

visceraal

intuitiv

σπλαγχνικός

intuitivo

intuitivo

εντοσθιακός

intuïtiu

tief sitzend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɪsəɹ(ə)l/

Etymology

Cognate with French: viscéral

Cognate with Old French: visceral

Cognate with Middle French: viscéral

Cognate with Italian: viscerale

Cognate with Spanish: visceral

In summary

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