liver
387
2.3
- noun
- /ˈlɪvər/
:
hígado
- The doctor explained that the liver helps detoxify harmful substances in the body.
- liver disease
- liver transplant
- liver failure
Outside the brain, brain, gut, liver, keep those healthy.
- Outside the brain, brain, gut, liver, keep those healthy.
- And that will then help the liver to regenerate better.
- Now we don't anticipate to replace your liver, you know, anytime soon.
- You have other organs, your liver, your spleen, your kidneys.
- It'll hit the cop's liver, lungs, heart.
- So the ketogenic diet forces your liver to start producing ketone bodies.
- It is by far the number one liver supporting herb.
- It's time to start taking care of your liver now more than ever.
- OK, Sadhguru, so you want the liver to function when you're meditating?
- And so triglyceride is your liver output of carbohydrate.
Examples
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Some of the test subjects have died of liver failure.
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Statins reduce the release of lipids from the liver into the blood, and this occurs mainly at night.
Academic text (2015) -
You said that the liver does quite a few things.
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Those are things that the liver actually does store.
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It's time to start taking care of your liver now more than ever.
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Routine monitoring therefore includes full blood count and liver function tests every six months.
Academic text (2012) -
But there had been no severe symptoms, despite his liver still being big and tender.
Fiction book (1996) -
Are you trying to sleep better, improve your liver health, or reduce inflammation?
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Milk Thistle is probably the most popular liver detoxifying herb.
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Angiotensinogen is produced by the liver and enters the circulation as an inactive substance.
Academic text (2011)
Compounds
- Specialized
8
2.7
A serious liver disease in which cells grow too fast and form a harmful lump
- Specialized
3
5.6
A long-term disease where the liver becomes scarred and does not work well
- Specialized
1
3.8
A condition where extra fat builds up in the liver and can make it not work well
1
2.9
Oil from the livers of cod and similar fish that people take to get vitamins A and D
- Specialized
A small blood vessel at the center of a liver lobule that collects blood and sends it to larger veins
- Specialized
An illness of the liver in animals like sheep or cattle caused by small flat worms
- Specialized
An oil made from shark livers that people use as a health supplement and to soften leather
How Vascular
387
2.3
- Specialized
67
5.8
- Specialized
1
6.0
43
3.7
- Specialized
33
4.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Liver for the body organ comes from Old English lifer and is like German Leber, an old word for the same organ; people long ago used the liver as a sign of 'life' and 'health', which helps explain why liver names that large reddish-brown organ that cleans blood and stores energy.