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[ vis-er-uhl ] / ˈvɪs ər əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR visceral ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to the viscera. affecting the viscera. of the nature of or resembling viscera. characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect: a visceral reaction. characterized by or dealing with coarse or base emotions; earthy; crude: a visceral literary style. Origin of visceral1565–75; <Medieval Latin viscerālis, equivalent to viscer- (see viscera) + -ālis-al1 OTHER WORDS FROM visceralvis·cer·al·ly, adverbnon·vis·cer·al, adjectiveun·vis·cer·al, adjectiveWords nearby visceralVisc., viscacha, viscaria, viscera, viscerad, visceral, visceral anesthesia, visceral arch, visceral cleft, visceral disease virus, visceral ganglion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for visceralThe scenes between Johansson and Adam Pearson, a man with neurofibromatosis, are some of the most delicate and visceral this year. Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST JUDNICK: My reaction is so visceral that I immediately, like you, isolate myself so I can breathe. The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting|Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST That single chapter, the most visceral and moving part of The Power Broker, took Caro six months to research and write. ‘The Power Broker’ Turns 40: How Robert Caro Wrote a Masterpiece|Scott Porch|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Unfortunately, this degree of visceral insight is not maintained to the end. 'Fives and Twenty-Fives' Is Fiction Honed in a Combat Zone|Brian Castner|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But that visceral experience of the crowd as a capricious-yet-mindless entity has stayed with me ever since. The War Inside: Terrorism & Teenhood in ‘No Dawn Without Darkness’|Hugh Ryan|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The first traces of the urinary system become visible at about the time of the appearance of the third visceral cleft. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour Visceral commissure fairly long, except in Runcina, Lobiger and Thecosomata. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5|Various Reichert describes the similar origin in embryo of bird and mammal (pig) of three "visceral" arches. Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell The visceral arches of Fishes, especially of the Teleostei, are usually provided with a series of membrane bones. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour Ventral: Visceral peritoneum investing the Spigelian lobe and the gastro-hepatic omentum. The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity|George. S. Huntington
British Dictionary definitions for visceral
adjectiveof, relating to, or affecting the viscera characterized by intuition or instinct rather than intellect Derived forms of visceralviscerally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to visceralingrained, innate, intuitive, accustomed, automatic, congenital, habitual, inborn, inherent, intrinsic, knee-jerk, natural, reflex, rooted, instinctual, intuitional Medical definitions for visceral
adj.Relating to, situated in, or affecting the viscera. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |