INNARDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does innards mean? 

• INNARDS (noun)
  The noun INNARDS has 1 sense:

1. internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)

  Familiarity information: INNARDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INNARDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

entrails; innards; viscera

Context example:

'viscera' is the plural form of 'viscus'

Hypernyms ("innards" is a kind of...):

internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)

 Context examples 

The innards include plasmids, which are loops of DNA.

(Test for life-threatening nutrient deficit is made from bacteria entrails, National Science Foundation)

That's how an experimental malnutrition test made with bacterial innards could work one day to expose widespread zinc deficiencies blamed for roughly half a million deaths annually.

(Test for life-threatening nutrient deficit is made from bacteria entrails, National Science Foundation)