viscus

Etymology

From Latin viscus (“any internal organ of the body”), perhaps akin to viscid.

noun

  1. (anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
  2. (anatomy, specifically) The intestines.

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