Liver

Word LIVER
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈlɪvə/

Definitions and meanings of "Liver"

What do we mean by liver?

A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

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The word "liver" in example sentences

I. ii.23 (114,3) I had rather heat my liver] To know why the lady is so averse from _heating_ her _liver_, it must be remembered, that a heated liver is supposed to make a pimpled face. ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

Since the liver is the filter, do you think that it might have collected some of the pollutants? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unfortunately, the liver is an organ that you can't really know something is very wrong until it's too late. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bubba, I'm not one to cast stones in this area but really, how healthy do you think your liver is at 65yo after a long and colorful life? ❋ Unknown (2007)

My doctor told me to stop watching House, and also told me that my liver is about four inches lower down than where the pain is. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Some blood tests help determine how well your child's liver is functioning: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ihiyotl, located in the liver, is the center of survival and covers education, economics, politics, corruption and race. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Herniation of the fetal liver is frequently associated with a small abdominal size and pulmonary hypoplasia (small lungs), two factors that can complicate the postnatal (after delivery) course. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr. David Twedt, a veterinary professor and researcher at Colorado State University performed research on milk thistle for use in liver disease in animals. ❋ Dr. Richard Palmquist (2010)

After your child leaves the PICU, he or she will be transferred to a medical/surgical unit, where the nursing staff also has special training in liver transplantation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Somehow, I suspect that your liver is quite dense, Bailo. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Liver enzymes: Elevated liver enzyme levels alert physicians to liver damage, because enzymes leak into the bloodstream when the liver is damaged. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By the way, the only thing at this point that will increase the number of liver transplants is an increase in liver donors. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fortunately for Jacob, a donor liver became available within a few short hours — and Jacob received his new liver — a split liver from a cadaveric (deceased) donor — that night! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Symptoms might not appear until a patient's liver is near failing or has become cancerous, doctors say. ❋ Jonathan D. Rockoff (2010)

If an adult liver is available and is an appropriate match for two children (or a child and an adult) on the waiting list, the donor liver can be divided into two segments, and each part transplanted (called a split liver transplant). ❋ Unknown (2009)

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