visceral
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- adjective
- /ˈvɪsərəl/
- Specialized
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visceral
- Doctors often perform surgeries to address visceral injuries caused by trauma.
- visceral organs
- visceral fat
- visceral pain
It's going to help to burn down harmful visceral fat.
- It's going to help to burn down harmful visceral fat.
- And a lot of North Indians, like my mom, we store visceral body fat.
- We are losing muscle and we are gaining visceral fat.
- OK, now let's take the second fat depot belly fat, visceral fat.
- Is there any residual visceral fat?
- So it means antiretroviral therapy is not enough to to guarantee and cure visceral leishmania or to prevent relapse.
- So first of all, the question is, is that visceral or liver fat or is that just where you tend to store subcutaneous fat?
Examples
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Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese humans.
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We're going to go through percent body fat, visceral fat and lean body mass.
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The neck is unique in the body in that it has many important visceral structures that are not well protected by bone.
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Visceral fat is the most metabolically active fraction of body fat mass.
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A CT scan can also help diagnose associated visceral injuries and hemorrhage.
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Chest pain, hypotension, peritonitis, and fever are strongly indicative of visceral perforation.
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Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases.
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Visceral fat is the type of body fat that surrounds the organs in the abdomen.
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Eating a high-fiber diet can help reduce visceral fat around the internal organs.
Synonyms
Relating to the internal organs in the belly, like the stomach and intestines
Compounds
- Specialized
A severe infection by tiny parasites that attacks internal organs like the liver, spleen and bone marrow
- Specialized
Inner thin layer of the covering around the heart that sticks to the heart's surface
How Internal
Surface Forms
Morphology
visceral = viscera (transparent) = viscer + al
This is a straightforward adjectival formation meaning 'relating to the viscera' or internal organs.
Etymology
Visceral comes from the Latin viscera, meaning 'internal organs', so visceral describes things that relate to the body's organs, especially the 'guts' in the chest or belly.