Visceral

English

Adjective

Visceral (comparative more Visceral, superlative most Visceral)

1. (anatomy) Of or related to the viscera—internal organs of the body; splanchnic.
2. Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking. Often described as intuition; compare gut feeling, gut reaction.

Synonyms

• splanchnic

Derived terms

• visceral pleura

Related terms

• eviscerate
• viscera

Antonyms

• cerebral

Thesaurus

abdominal, affectional, affective, anal, appendical, cardiac, cecal, colic, colonic, coronary, demonstrative, duodenal, emotiometabolic, emotiomotor, emotional, emotiovascular, emotive, enteric, feeling, gastric, glandular, gut, ileac, instinctual, interior, internal, intestinal, intimate, intuitive, jejunal, mesogastric, of soul, overdemonstrative, pyloric, rectal, soulful, splanchnic

Etymology

From Latin viscera, plural of viscus (“any internal organ of the body”).

External links

• Visceral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Visceral in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Visceral at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• cavilers
• claviers

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Spanish

Adjective

1. visceral