virusA submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
VisagraphA device with an electric eye that scans a printed document and reproduces the text or graphics as raised lines on sheets of foil, allowing them to be read by a blind person.
VisakhapatnamThe largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India.
visbreakerA processing unit in oil refinery that reduces the quantity of residual oil produced in the distillation of crude oil to increase the yield of more valuable middle distillates (heating oil and diesel) by thermally cracking large hydrocarbon molecules in the oil.
visbreakingThe work done by a visbreaker in oil refining.
visceraCollectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those in the abdomen and thorax, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.
visceralOf or relating to, made up of, or positioned among or within, the viscera (“internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities”).
viscerationA portion of raw flesh, especially one distributed at the death of a wealthy man.
visceroabdominalOf or relating to the viscera and the abdomen; (often specifically) of or relating to the gastrointestinal viscera (stomach, bowels, etc) and the abdominal cavity, and their relationship to each other, especially in cases of abnormal mismatch in development.
visceroatrialOf or pertaining to the viscera of the atrium of the heart.
viscerocraniumThe part of the skull that developed from the embryonic branchial arches (the facial bones, rather than the cranium)
viscerocutaneousOf or pertaining to one or more viscera and the skin, and (usually, specifically) to a passage connecting a visceral cavity with the body's surface, as in a viscerocutaneous fistula.
viscidoneA phytochemical from the plant Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, systematically named 1-[(2R)-5-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxyprop-1-en-2-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-6-yl]ethanone
viscinA material extracted from the mucilaginous sap of the mistletoe and used to make birdlime.
viscoA kind of fuse used for consumer fireworks and to create delays between firings in firework displays.
viscoplasticDescribing a material that behaves as a solid below a critical value of stress, but flows like a viscous liquid at greater values of stress.
viscousnessSynonym of viscosity (“state of being viscous”).
viscuminAny of a group of toxic lectins present in mistletoe (Viscum album)
viscusOne of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
ViscusoA surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].
viseAn instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.