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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Visceral \Vis"cer*al\, a. [Cf. F. visc['e]ral, LL visceralis.]
1. (Anat.) 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
visceral
adj 1: relating to or affecting the viscera; "visceral bleeding";
"a splanchnic nerve" [syn: {splanchnic}]
2: derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an
intuitive perception"; "visceral revulsion"; "a glandular
aversion to materialistic values" [syn: {intuitive}, {glandular}]
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