Complete Definition of "liver"

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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-liver.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. anatomy A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. Responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
  2. This livestock organ used as food.
  3. color A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like that of liver.

#: <table><tr><td>liver colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#674C47" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

Derived terms
chopped liver

Translations
trans-top|organ of the body
Albanian: mëlçi a zëzë
Aramaic:

Catalan: fetge m
Chinese: �� (g�n z�ng)
Croatian: jetra n, pl
Czech: játra n|p
Danish: lever
Dutch: lever#Dutch|lever m
Erzya: мак�о (makso)
Esperanto: hepato
Finnish: maksa
French: foie m
German: Leber f
Greek: ��κ��ι [si�ko�ti] n, ή�α� [�ipar] m
Hebrew: ���
Hindi: �ल��ा
Hungarian: máj
Indonesian: hati
Icelandic: lifur f
trans-mid
Italian: fegato m
Japanese: �� (����, kanzou)
Korean: �� (�� ganjang); � (�, gan)
Kurdish: KUchar|ج��رگ
Latvian: aknas f|p
Lithuanian: kepenys p
Malagasy: aty
Maltese: fwied m
Maori: ate
Pitjantjatjara: alu
Polish: w�troba f
Portuguese: fígado m
Romanian: ficat n
Russian: пе�ен� (p'échen') f
Slovak: pe�e�
Slovene: jetra n pl
Spanish: hígado m
Swedish: lever c
Tagalog: atay
Telugu: �ాల�య� (kaaleayam)
Tok Pisin: lewa
Turkish: karaci�er
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trans-top|organ as food
Dutch: lever m, levertjes m, dim, pl
Erzya: мак�о (makso)
Finnish: maksa
French: foie m
Greek: ��κ��ι [si�ko�ti] n
Icelandic: lifur f
Indonesian: hati
Italian: fegato m
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (reb�)
Kurdish: KUchar|ج��رگ
Latvian: aknas f|p
Lithuanian: kepenys p
Maltese: fwied
Portuguese: fígado m
Russian: пе�ен� (p'échen') f
Slovene: jetrca n pl
Swedish: lever c
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trans-top|colour
trans-mid
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Adjective
(the noun as a modifier)<br>
liver (no compar or superl forms)

  1. Concerning or relating to the liver.

#: liver transplant

  1. Intended for the liver.

#: liver salts

  1. Of food, made of liver.

#: liver pâté

Translations
trans-top|concerning the liver
Dutch: lever- (in compounds)
Finnish: maksa- (in compounds)
French: de foie
Greek: η�α�ικ�� (ipatikos) m
trans-mid
Italian: di fegato
Swedish: lever-
trans-bottom

trans-top|intended for the liver
Dutch: lever- (in compounds)
Finnish: maksa- (in compounds)
French: pour le foie
trans-mid
Italian: per il fegato
Swedish: lever-
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trans-top|made of liver
Dutch: lever- (in compounds)
Finnish: maksa- (in compounds)
French: de foie
trans-mid
Hungarian: t|hu|májas
Italian: di fegato
Swedish: lever
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trans-top|colour
Hungarian: t|hu|májszínű
trans-mid
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Derived terms
top2
cod-liver oil
hepatotoxin
lily-livered
liver fluke
liver salts
mid2
liver sausage
liver spot
liverish
liverwort
liverwurst
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Related terms
top3
foie gras
heparin
hepatic
mid3
hepatitis
hepatocarcinoma
hepatogenous
mid3
hepatomegaly
hepatotoxicity

See also
detoxification
fascioliasis
gout
jaundice
Appendix:Colours

Category:Anatomy
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Category:Colors
Category:Meats


Breton

Noun
liver m

  1. painter

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