viscus

Meaning

1. (declension-3, plural) organ (any internal organ of the body)
2. (declension-3, plural) entrails, viscera, bowels, internal organs

Concepts

heart

❤️

flesh

🥩

internal organs

entrails

bowels

chaudron

insides

intestine

viscus

internal organ

Synonyms

intestina

Translations

intestins

Herz

❤️

αισθησιασμός

innere Organe

αγάπη

έντερα

Innereien

σπλάγχνα

σπλάχνα

αισθήματα

σωθικά

entrailles

coeur

Eingeweiden

Eingeweide

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwiːs.kʊs]

Etymology

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