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hobnail liver

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Main Entry: hob·nail liver
Pronunciation: 'häb-"nAl-
Variant: or hob·nailed liver /'häb-"nAld-/
Function: noun
1 : the liver as it appears in one form of cirrhosis in which it is shrunken and hard and covered with small projecting nodules
2 : the cirrhosis associated withhobnail liver : LAENNEC'S CIRRHOSIS
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hobnail liver n.
A nodular appearance of the liver surface due to cirrhosis.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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