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UK
/vˈɪsəɹəl/
]
[ US /ˈvɪsɝəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈvɪsɝəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or affecting the viscera
visceral bleeding
a splanchnic nerve - obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
How To Use visceral In A Sentence
- And the prints represent Abstract Expressionism's entire stylistic range, from fast and visceral to cool and ethereal.
- The production of a visceral-specific anti-peptide antibody should permit a further investigation of its expression in smooth muscle cells.
- As mentioned earlier, these visceral adipocytes already have high rates of lipolysis, which is bad enough. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
- After the egg has been fertilized by the male, the blastoderm, or primitive skin, forms, and subsequently two layers, or embryonal membranes, appear; the outer is called the amnion (Fig. 114, _am_), while the inner visceral membrane (_db_) partially wraps the rude form of the embryo in its folds. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses
- Genomic DNA sequencing and mapping of the exon-intron boundaries showed that the visceral isoform was the product of cassette-type alternative splicing.
- The two sides have little in common, other than a visceral attachment to the land which both claim as their birthright. Times, Sunday Times
- Live, the four piece are a brooding mixture of visceral, post-punk textures and relentless motorik rhythms.
- This is used for the deadly parasitic disease known as visceral leishmaniasis — or black fever — that is spread by the bite of the sandfly.
- Bigelow ramps up the visceral tension with help from cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, who also lensed the terrifying docudrama “United 93.” Deceptively simple story works for visceral “The Hurt Locker” » Scene-Stealers
- Fibroblasts grow into the exudate from both the visceral and parietal pleural surface to produce an inelastic membrane called the pleural peel.