Definition of liver Liver
/lɪˈvɚ/ - [liver] - liv•er
We found 19 definitions of liver from 8 different sources.
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What does liver mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: livers |
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| liver - large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes | ||
| internal organ, viscus a main organ that is situated inside the body | ||
| digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium the system that makes food absorbable into the body | ||
| cardiovascular system, circulatory system the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body | ||
| kupffer's cell specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria, foreign proteins, and worn-out blood cells | ||
| arteria hepatica, hepatic artery arteries that supply the liver | ||
| hepatic vein, vena hepatica a vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cava | ||
| hepatic lobe any of the five lobes forming the liver | ||
| hepatic duct the duct that drains bile from the liver | ||
| bile duct, common bile duct a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum | ||
| biliary ductule excretory ducts of the liver; empty into the hepatic ducts | ||
| liver - liver of an animal used as meat | ||
| organs, variety meat edible viscera of a butchered animal | ||
| calf's liver, calves' liver liver of a calf used as meat | ||
| chicken liver liver of a chicken used as meat | ||
| goose liver liver of a goose used as meat | ||
| liver - someone who lives in a place; "a liver in cities" | ||
| dweller, habitant, inhabitant, denizen, indweller a person who inhabits a particular place | ||
| liver - a person who has a special life style; "a high liver" | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
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Wiktionary 
- liver (Noun)
A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical chemical reaction s. - liver (Noun)
This organ, as taken from animals used as food. - liver (Noun)
A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver. - liver (Noun)
Someone who lives usually in a specified way. - liver (Adjective)
Of the colour of liver dark brown, tinted with red and gray.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- liver (n.)
One who, or that which, lives. - liver (n.)
A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn. - liver (n.)
One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver. - liver (n.)
A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates. - liver (n.)
The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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liver
A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. Responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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liver
liv′ėr, n. the largest gland in the body, which secretes the bile.—adjs. Liv′er-col′our, of the colour of the liver: dark-red; Liv′ered, in compounds, as white-livered, lily-livered=cowardly.—n. Liver-fluke, a trematoid worm (Distoma hepatica).—adj. Liv′er-grown, having a swelled liver.—n. Liverwort, any plant of the cryptogamic family Hepaticæ, allied to mosses.—adj. Liv′ery, resembling the liver. [A.S. lifer; Ger. leber, Ice. lifr.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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liver
The longest liver dies at last.
Wikipedia 
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The liver is an organ in the abdomen. It is part of the gastrointestinal system. Sometimes people use "hepato-" as a prefix when they talk about the liver. For example if people talk about liver cells, they say "hepato"cellular. Another word for liver cell is "hepato"cyte (-cyte means cell.)
Liver diseases.
There are many different liver diseases. Liver disease can make someone very "very" sick because of all the important work the liver does. People who have bad liver disease usually die unless they can get a "Liver transplant". This is where the liver from someone who has just died is put in another person. This is very difficult surgery. But surgeons do it because it can save a person's life.
Symptoms of liver disease.
The symptoms of liver disease happen because the liver does not do the work it should.
The liver cannot metabolize (break down) toxins and waste so these bad things stay in the blood more. One thing that builds up is a substance called bilirubin. When red blood cells die, the hemoglobin in them leaks into the blood. The hemoglobin becomes bilirubin (a yellow substance that makes bile yellow.) The liver takes the bilirubin out of the blood and puts it into the bile. The bile goes into the intestines and then goes out with the waste from your body. If the liver is hurt, it does not remove the bilirubin, so the bilirubin stays in the body. This makes the person's body look yellow and is known as jaundice. So yellow eyes and yellow skin are symptoms of liver dis
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