VISCERAL

intuitive, nonrational, visceral

(adjective) obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation

visceral, splanchnic

(adjective) relating to or affecting the viscera; “visceral bleeding”; “a splanchnic nerve”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

visceral (comparative more visceral, superlative most visceral)

(anatomy) Of or relating to the viscera—internal organs of the body.

Synonym: splanchnic

Having to do with the response of the body as opposed to the intellect, as in the distinction between feeling and thinking.

Synonym: Thesaurus:visceral

Antonym: cerebral

(figurative, obsolete) Having deep sensibility.

Anagrams

• calivers, cavilers, claviers

Source: Wiktionary

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Vis"cer*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. viscéral, LL. visceralis.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the viscera; splanchnic.

2. Fig.: Having deep sensibility. [R.] Bp. Reynolds. Visceral arches (Anat.), the bars or ridges between the visceral clefts.

– Visceral cavity or tube (Anat.), the ventral cavity of a vertebrate, which contains the alimentary canal, as distinguished from the dorsal, or cerebro-spinal, canal.

– Visceral clefts (Anat.), transverse clefts on the sides just back of the mouth in the vertebrate embryo, which open into the pharyngeal portion of the alimentary canal, and correspond to the branchial clefts in adult fishes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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