liver
Word family nounlivabilityliverlivenerlivebearerlivestocklivewarelive wireadjectivelivablelived-inverblivenlive
Biology, Food, dish, Human
liv·er /ˈlɪvə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun 1. 
[countableC]HB a large organ in your body that produces bile and cleans your blood 〔人体的〕肝脏 →5 see picture at 见图 human1
[countableC]HB a large organ in your body that produces bile and cleans your blood 〔人体的〕肝脏 →5 see picture at 见图 human12. [countableC, uncountableU]DFF the liver of an animal, used as food 〔动物供食用的〕肝
Examples from the Corpus
liver• Early diagnosis and treatment prevents brain damage and liver cirrhosis.• Add the chicken gizzards and livers and saute for 5 minutes.• The presence of liver disease may suggest a drinking problem, which predisposes the patient to forgotten head trauma and subdural hematoma.• Here they're operating on the patient's liver.• As you enter the liver, you see ethanol molecules diffusing quickly out of the blood and into the surrounding liver cells.• On the Loose After passing through the liver, you exit into a nearby blood vessel.• Deconvolution analysis of the TACs was used to improve separation of the arterial and portal venous phases of total liver blood flow.• She might have had an unknown liver defect or the symptoms were induced by the drug.
Old English lifer