Can Viscus Be Plural?

Viscus: An internal organ of the body, specifically one within the chest (as the heart or lungs) or abdomen (as the liver, pancreas or intestines). "Viscus" is the Latin word for "an organ of the body." The plural of "viscus" is "viscera."

What is Viskus?

1 : an internal organ of the body especially : one (such as the heart, liver, or intestine) located in the great cavity of the trunk proper.

Is the brain a viscus?

noun Any one of the interior organs of the body, contained in one of the four great cavities of the head, thorax, abdomen, and pelvis, as the brain, heart, lung, liver, stomach, intestine, kidney, bladder, womb, etc.; especially, an abdominal viscus, as the intestine: in ordinary language generally in the plural, ...

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