Visceral Definition Oxford Dictionary

Dealing with crude or elemental emotions.

Visceral definition oxford dictionary. Earthy a visceral novel. Anatomy relating to the viscera. Deep a visceral conviction. 1 relating to the viscera.

Visceral definition of or relating to the viscera. Of pertaining to or affecting the viscera. Although rare a large gallstone in the gallbladder will sometimes erode through the gallbladder wall into an adjacent viscus usually the duodenum. Meaning pronunciation translations and examples.

Characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect. A visceral pleural line is seen without distal lung markings. Based on deep feeling and emotional reactions rather than on reason or thought. The visceral nervous system.

She had a visceral dislike of all things foreign. Visceral feelings are feelings that you feel very deeply and find it difficult to control. A visceral pleural line is seen without distal lung markings its decline is associated with renal failure and visceral gout in the chest the tumors can arise from either the visceral or parietal pleura. The internal organs in the main cavities of the body especially those in the abdomen e g.

Thoracic and abdominal visceral involvement and hepatosplenomegaly were absent. Instinctive unreasoning visceral drives. Felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body. Characterized by or dealing with coarse or base emotions.

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