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liver

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Biology, Food, dish, Human
liv·er /ˈlɪvə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun  1. body.jpg [countable]HB a large organ in your body that produces bile and cleans your blood 〔人体的〕肝脏4  See picture of 见图 HUMAN 15 see picture at 见图 human12. [countable, uncountable]DFF the liver of an animal, used as food 〔动物供食用的〕肝
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liverEarly diagnosis and treatment prevents brain damage and liver cirrhosis.Add the chicken gizzards and livers and saute for 5 minutes.The presence of liver disease may suggest a drinking problem, which predisposes the patient to forgotten head trauma and subdural hematoma.Here they're operating on the patient's liver.As you enter the liver, you see ethanol molecules diffusing quickly out of the blood and into the surrounding liver cells.On the Loose After passing through the liver, you exit into a nearby blood vessel.Deconvolution analysis of the TACs was used to improve separation of the arterial and portal venous phases of total liver blood flow.She might have had an unknown liver defect or the symptoms were induced by the drug.
Origin liver Old English lifer
liv·er nounChineseSyllable
that Corpus organ and produces a large your body in bile


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liver
liver /ˈlɪvə $ -ər/ noun
 Language: Old English
 Origin: lifer

1. [countable] a large organ in your body that produces bile and cleans your blood
2. [uncountable and countable] the liver of an animal, used as food


liverBrE /ˈlɪvə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪvər/ 🔊 noun
[countable] a large organ in the body that cleans the blood and produces bile
[uncountable, countable] the liver of some animals that is cooked and eaten (动物供食用的)肝liver and onions洋葱炒肝尖chicken livers鸡肝