different between innards vs viscus

English

Etymology

Alteration of inwards.

Pronunciation

Noun

innards

1. plural of innard

Noun

innards pl (plural only)

1. The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.
2. The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.

Usage notes

• This word is most frequently used in the plural / collective sense, as above.

Translations

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin viscus (“any internal organ of the body”), perhaps akin to English viscid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?sk?s/
• Homophone: viscous
• Rhymes: -?sk?s

Noun

viscus (plural viscera)

1. (anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
2. (anatomy, specifically) The intestines.

Synonyms

• entrails
• innards
• intestines
• offal

Derived terms

• eviscerate
• visceral

Translations

See also

• viscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• viscous

References

• viscus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• viscus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• viscus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin; possibly Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to turn, rotate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?is.kus/, [?u??s?k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vis.kus/, [?viskus]

Noun

viscus n (genitive visceris); third declension

1. Any internal organ of the body.
2. (anatomy) entrails, viscera

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• viscer?lis

Related terms

• viscum

Descendants

• ? English: viscera
• ? French: viscères
• Portuguese: víscera

References

Further reading

• viscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• viscus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• viscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN