Definition of Visciral
Vis"cer*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
viscéral, 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.
Vis"cer*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
viscéral, 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between thinking and feeling. Often described as intuition.
- Indicating extreme degree of negative emotion, for example:
That smell is viscerally repugnant.
- Also means primal. See primal.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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