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left lobe of liver

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left lobe of liver
n.
The lobe of the liver separated from the right lobe above and in front by the falciform ligament, and separated from the quadrate and caudate lobes by the fissure for the round ligament and by the fissure for the venous ligament.


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A Chicago surgical team last week removed a left lobe of liver from 29-year-old Teresa Smith and transplanted the healthy tissue into her 21-month-old daughter Alyssa, who suffers from biliary atresia, an often fatal defect in the ducts carrying bile away from the liver.
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