Defn: 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.
VISCERATE
Vis"cer*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Viscerated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Viscerating.]
Defn: To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
VISCEROSKELETAL
Vis`cer*o*skel"e*tal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles. Mivart.
VISCID Vis"cid, a. Etym: [L. viscidus, fr. viscum the mistletoe, birdlime made from the berries of the mistletoe; akin to Gr. viscide.]
Defn: Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
VISCIDITY
Vis*cid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. viscidité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.