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visceral


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Visceral  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  visceral 
  adj  1:  relating  to  or  affecting  the  viscera;  "visceral  bleeding"; 
  "a  splanchnic  nerve"  [syn:  {splanchnic}] 
  2:  derived  from  or  prompted  by  a  natural  tendency;  "an 
  intuitive  perception";  "visceral  revulsion";  "a  glandular 
  aversion  to  materialistic  values"  [syn:  {intuitive},  {glandular}] 




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