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Visceral   /vˈɪsərəl/   Listen
Visceral

adjective
1.
Relating to or affecting the viscera.  Synonym: splanchnic.  "A splanchnic nerve"
2.
Obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation.  Synonyms: intuitive, nonrational.



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"Visceral" Quotes from Famous Books



... less-marked cases. Just as these violent but temporary cerebral excitements produce violent but temporary disturbances of the viscera; so do the less violent but chronic cerebral excitements produce less violent but chronic visceral disturbances. This is not simply an inference:—it is a truth to which every medical man can bear witness; and it is one to which a long and sad experience enables us to give personal testimony. Various degrees and forms of bodily ...
— Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects - Everyman's Library • Herbert Spencer

... In order to walk on those two legs, the changes in skeletal and visceral structure would have ...
— The Asses of Balaam • Gordon Randall Garrett

... quality, which is completely neutralized in cooking. The turnip is prepared in a variety of ways. Ducks stuffed with turnips have been highly appreciated. It is useful in the regimen of persons afflicted with chronic visceral irritations. The turnip only creates flatulency when it is soft, porous, and stringy. It is then, ...
— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton



Words linked to "Visceral" :   unlogical, viscera, splanchnic, illogical



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