viscera
Belly's hidden contents
Viscera are the internal organs of the body, especially those in the abdomen—the intestines, stomach, liver, and other soft innards.
The singular viscus is rare; viscera usually appears as a plural.
Figuratively, viscera suggests the deep interior of something: the viscera of the ship, the viscera of the organization.
The adjective visceral describes gut-level reactions that bypass rational thought.
Coiled digestive organs
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- kidneysBlood-filtering organ pair
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
spleen · stomach · pancreas · gallbladder · bladder · colon · duodenum · jejunum
Internal digestive organs
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- gutsEntrails or boldness
- fleshSoft body matter
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
disembowelment · slaughter · carnage · gory · exposed · spilled · torn · ruptured
Coiled digestive organs
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
- thoraxCentral body cavity
- peritoneumMembrane lining the abdomen
- mesenteryTissue suspending intestines internally
dissection · cadaver · autopsy · histology · pathology · endoderm · mesoderm · retroperitoneal
Digestive tract, or instinct
- intestineDigestive tract organ
- stomachDigestive organ below chest
- bowelsLower digestive organs
- gastrointestinalRelating to digestive tract
digestion · peristalsis · absorption · gut flora · microbiome · chyme · gastric · duodenum
Edible animal organs
- tripeStomach lining or nonsense
- gibletsEdible poultry viscera
- gizzardBird's grinding stomach
- haggisScottish offal pudding
chitterlings · menudo · sweetbreads · variety meats · butchery · dressed · cleaned · stuffing
Instinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- primalFirst in origin
- rawIn original state
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
emotional · intuitive · unthinking · gut reaction · innermost · core · profound · reflexive
intestines
Coiled digestive organs
lungs · spleen · stomach · pancreas · gallbladder · bladder · colon · duodenum · jejunum · ileum
entrails
Internal digestive organs
carcass · disembowelment · slaughter · carnage · gory · exposed · spilled · torn · ruptured · splatter
intestines
Coiled digestive organs
- abdomenTorso's lower cavity
- thoraxCentral body cavity
- peritoneumMembrane lining the abdomen
mesentery · dissection · cadaver · autopsy · histology · pathology · endoderm · mesoderm · retroperitoneal · abdominal cavity
gut
Digestive tract, or instinct
gastrointestinal · digestion · peristalsis · absorption · gut flora · microbiome · chyme · gastric · duodenum · jejunum
offal
Edible animal organs
haggis · chitterlings · menudo · sweetbreads · variety meats · butchery · dressed · cleaned · stuffing · sausage casing
gut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
deep-seated · emotional · intuitive · unthinking · gut reaction · innermost · core · profound · reflexive · involuntary
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- gutintestine, small intestine, large intestine, colon, bowel
- inner workingsguts, core, kernel, wiring, circuitry
- dissectionscalpel, cadaver, incision, forceps, specimen
- innardsentrails, innards, insides, guts, offal
- offaloffal, variety meats, organs, kidney, liver
visceraskin
Body's outer layer
exterior · epidermis · integument · skeleton · surface
visceraskeleton
Internal supportive framework
bones · skeletal system · cartilage · connective tissue · musculature
- visceral disgust
- visceral fatFat stored around organs
- visceral reactionInstinctive physical response
- visceral responseInstinctive, body-level reaction
- visceral painDiscomfort from internal organs
- visceral pleuraMembrane covering lung surface
visceral, eviscerate, viscerally, evisceration, eviscerated, eviscerating, eviscerates