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viscera

[vis-er-uh] / ˈvɪs ər ə /
NOUN
intestines
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NOUN
entrails
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These reboots in his name — on which, it should be said, he is a producer — somewhat demean his legacy by reducing “Evil Dead” to a viscera delivery device.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Their efforts help improve our understanding of Earth’s viscera, of Iceland’s volcanic cadence, and of this peninsula’s volcanic dangers.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 24, 2023

He also pleaded guilty to single offence under the same act which related to the generation of viscera at the scene.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023

They were an odd sight, mechanical viscera never meant to be seen, now exposed to the world.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022

Canned jazz blared through the street with a mon-strous high-strutting rhythm that pulled at the viscera.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

What happens is with birria, it becomes almost viscus.

From Salon ● May 18, 2022

On April 1 he was very well, and it was considered very doubtful if any viscus was wounded.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins

These three kinds of agues are thus distinguished; the first is not attended with any tumid or indurated viscus, which the people call an ague cake, and which is evident to the touch.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

Hope had not, however, entirely deserted his heart, but still retained her fabled position in the bottom of his chest, near that important viscus, and he, therefore, courageously continued his pursuit of witchcraft under difficulties.

From The Witches of New York by Q. K. Philander Doesticks

It is more than probable that the forced dilatation of the stomach has arrested the spasms, for filling this viscus with cold drinks to repletion will often effect the same result.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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