organ vs viscus

viscus vs organ

organ and viscus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
organ	Yes	No	No	No
viscus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, viscus is a hyponym of organ; that is, viscus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than organ:

organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
viscus: a main organ that is situated inside the body

Other hyponyms of organ include ovipositor, siphon, syphon, comb-plate, ctene, wing, foot, invertebrate foot, sucker, stinger, contractile organ, contractor, anlage, primordium, vital organ, vitals, effector, external organ, internal organ, receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor, clapper, glossa, lingua, tongue, organ of speech, speech organ, vocal organ, crystalline lens, lens, lens of the eye, gland, secreter, secretor, secretory organ, cell organ, cell organelle, organelle, end organ, reproductive organ, sex organ, target organ, taret organ, erectile organ, otolith organ.

organ (noun)	viscus (noun)
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard	a main organ that is situated inside the body
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
a periodical that is published by a special interest group
a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function

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