liver
/ˈlɪvə/
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
- plural
- livers
Meanings
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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 can cause liver damage.
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It can cause liver damage.
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This organ, as taken from animals used as food
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A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver
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Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in colorrare
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Someone who lives (usually in a specified way)rare
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Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).; Someone who is alive: one of the livingrare
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Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).; Someone who lives in a particular place; an inhabitant, a dwellerrare