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hobnail liver |
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liver /liv·er/ (liv´er) 1. the large, dark-red gland in the upper part of the abdomen on the right side, just beneath the diaphragm. Its functions include storage and filtration of blood, secretion of bile, conversion of sugars into glycogen, and many other metabolic activities. 2. the same gland of certain animals, sometimes used as food or from which pharmaceutical products are prepared. fatty liver one affected with fatty infiltration, the fat in large droplets and the liver enlarged but of normal consistency. hobnail liver a liver whose surface is marked with nail-like points from cirrhosis.
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