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liv·er

1   [liv-er]
noun
1.
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
2.
an organ in other animals similar to the human liver, often used as food.
3.
a diseased condition of the liver; biliousness: a touch of liver.
4.
a reddish-brown color.
5.
a rubberlike, irreversible thickening suspension occurring in paint, ink, etc., due to a chemical reaction between a colloidal pigment and a vehicle or as a result of polymerization of the vehicle.
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adjective
6.
of the color of liver.

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Liver is always a great word to know.
So is cardiac sphincter. Does it mean:
duct that is formed by the union of the hepatic and cystic ducts and discharges into the duodenum
thickened muscular ring surrounding the opening between the esophagus and the stomach
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verb (used without object)
7.
(of paint, ink, etc.) to undergo irreversible thickening.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English lifer, cognate with Dutch lever, German Leber, Old Norse lifr; perhaps akin to Greek liparós fat

Related forms
liv·er·less, adjective
Example Sentences
  • Heart and liver are laid on a tarp along with the other meat-food for both humans and dogs.
  • At the same time the frog's liver starts making large amounts of glucose-a type of sugar-which packs into cells and props them up.
  • The liver shells showed up, glowing through layers of living tissue.
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liv·er

2   [liv-er]
noun
1.
a person who lives in a manner specified: an extravagant liver.
2.
a dweller or resident; inhabitant.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see live1, -er1

liv·er

3   [lahy-ver]
adjective
comparative of live2.

live

2   [lahyv] adjective, liv·er, liv·est for 4–7, 13–15, adverb
adjective
1.
being alive; living; alive: live animals.
2.
of, pertaining to, or during the life of a living being: the animal's live weight.
3.
characterized by or indicating the presence of living creatures: the live sounds of the forest.
4.
Informal. (of a person) energetic; alert; lively: The club members are a really live bunch.
5.
full of life, energy or activity: His approach in any business dealing is live and fresh.
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6.
burning or glowing: live coals in the fireplace.
7.
having resilience or bounce: a live tennis ball.
8.
being in play, as a baseball or football.
9.
loaded or unexploded, as a cartridge or shell: live ammunition.
10.
made up of actual persons: to perform before a live audience.
11.
(of a radio or television program) broadcast while happening or being performed; not prerecorded or taped: a live telecast.
12.
being highly resonant or reverberant, as an auditorium or concert hall.
13.
vivid or bright, as color.
14.
of current interest or importance, as a question or issue; controversial; unsettled.
15.
moving or imparting motion; powered: the live head on a lathe.
16.
still in use, or to be used, as type set up or copy for printing.
17.
Also, alive. Electricity. electrically connected to a source of potential difference, or electrically charged so as to have a potential different from that of earth: a live wire.
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adverb
18.
(of a radio or television program) at the moment of its happening or being performed; not on tape or by prerecording: a program broadcast live.
Idiom
19.
live one, Slang.
a.
a person who spends money readily.
b.
a person easily imposed upon or made the dupe of others.
Origin:
1535–45; 1930–35 for def. 11; aphetic variant of alive, used attributively

Related forms
live·ness, noun
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World English Dictionary
liver1 (ˈlɪvə)
 
—n
1.  a multilobed highly vascular reddish-brown glandular organ occupying most of the upper right part of the human abdominal cavity immediately below the diaphragm. It secretes bile, stores glycogen, detoxifies certain poisons, and plays an important part in the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fat, helping to maintain a correct balance of nutrientsRelated: hepatic
2.  the corresponding organ in animals
3.  the liver of certain animals used as food
4.  a reddish-brown colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
 
Related: hepatic
 
[Old English lifer; related to Old High German lebrav, Old Norse lefr, Greek liparos fat]
 
'liverless1
 
—adj

liver2 (ˈlɪvə)
 
—n
a person who lives in a specified way: a fast liver

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live
1540s, "having life," later (1611) "burning, glowing," aphetic of alive (q.v.). Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799; live wire is attested from 1890; figurative sense of "active person" is from 1903. Meaning "in-person (performance)"
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is first attested 1934.

liver
"secreting organ of the body," O.E. lifer, from P.Gmc. *librn (cf. O.N. lifr, O.Fris. livere, M.Du. levere, O.H.G. lebara, Ger. Leber "liver"), perhaps lit. "fatten up." In M.E. it rivaled the heart as the supposed seat of love and passion, hence lily-livered.
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Medical Dictionary

live (līv)
adj.

  1. Having life; alive.

  2. Capable of replicating in a host's cells.

  3. Containing living microorganisms or active virus, as a vaccine.

liver liv·er (lĭv'ər)
n.
The largest gland of the body, lying beneath the diaphragm in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity, which secretes bile and is active in the formation of certain blood proteins and in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

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liver   (lĭv'ər)  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. A large glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrate animals that is essential to many metabolic processes. The liver secretes bile, stores fat and sugar as reserve energy sources, converts harmful substances to less toxic forms, and regulates the amount of blood in the body.

  2. A similar organ of invertebrate animals.


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Cultural Dictionary

liver definition


A large organ, located on the right side of the abdomen and protected by the lower rib cage, that produces bile and blood proteins, stores vitamins for later release into the bloodstream, removes toxins (including alcohol) from the blood, breaks down old red blood cells, and helps maintain levels of blood sugar in the body.

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Slang Dictionary

live definition


  1. mod.
    cool; great. : Everything's live! No problem!
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Bible Dictionary

Liver definition


(Heb. kabhed, "heavy;" hence the liver, as being the heaviest of the viscera, Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev. 3:4, 1, 10, 15) was burnt upon the altar, and not used as sacrificial food. In Ezek. 21:21 there is allusion, in the statement that the king of Babylon "looked upon the liver," to one of the most ancient of all modes of divination. The first recorded instance of divination (q.v.) is that of the teraphim of Laban. By the teraphim the LXX. and Josephus understood "the liver of goats." By the "caul above the liver," in Lev. 4:9; 7:4, etc., some understand the great lobe of the liver itself.

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