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visceral

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Adjective

  1. Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”).
  2. Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”): Of a disease: involving the viscera.
  3. Of or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”): Of or relating to the viscera or bowels regarded as the origin of a person's emotions; hence (figuratively), relating to or having deep internal feelings or sensibility.
  4. Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.
  5. (Apparently) situated in the viscera or the interior of the body.

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