About The Word Visceral
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Visceral
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What's The Definition Of Visceral?
[adj] obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
[adj] relating to or affecting the viscera; "visceral bleeding"; "a splanchnic nerve" Synonyms | Synonyms for Visceral: illogical | intuitive | nonrational | splanchnic | unlogical Related Terms | Find terms related to Visceral: See Also | Visceral In Webster's Dictionary \Vis"cer*al\, a. [Cf. F. visc['e]ral, LL. visceralis.]
1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the viscera; splanchnic.
2. Fig.: Having deep sensibility. [R.] --Bp. Reynolds.
{Visceral arches} (Anat.), the bars or ridges between the
visceral clefts.
{Visceral cavity} or {tube} (Anat.), the ventral cavity of a
vertebrate, which contains the alimentary canal, as
distinguished from the dorsal, or cerebro-spinal, canal.
{Visceral clefts} (Anat.), transverse clefts on the sides
just back of the mouth in the vertebrate embryo, which
open into the pharyngeal portion of the alimentary canal,
and correspond to the branchial clefts in adult fishes.
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