See Also: viscero-(medicine)
viscero-(dictionary)

viscero- (iou)



viscero- combining form of Latin VISCERA: see -O-. Anatomy & Medicine.
viscero'cranium noun = SPLANCHNOCRANIUM E20.
viscerop'tosis noun abnormal mobility of an abdominal organ, causing it to take up an unusually low position due to gravity L19.
viscerotome noun an instrument for obtaining post-mortem samples of liver tissue through a puncture in the abdominal wall, used esp. when yellow fever is suspected M20.
visce'rotomy noun the use of a viscerotome M20.
viscero'tonia noun viscerotonic personality or characteristics M20.
viscero'tonic adjective & noun (a) adjective temperamentally resembling or characteristic of an endomorph, with a comfort-loving, sociable, and easy-going personality; (b) noun a viscerotonic person: M20.
viscerotropic adjective tending to attack or affect the viscera M20.
viscerotropism noun the tendency of micro-organisms or infection to attack or affect the viscera M20.