Synonym: liver-colored. Similar words: deliver, delivery, live, live on, live out, live with, live up to, driver. Meaning: ['lɪvə(r)] n. 1. large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes 2. liver of an animal used as meat 3. a person who has a special life style 4. someone who lives in a place. adj. having a reddish-brown color.
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61. Liver biopsy, performed in 10 patients, showed changes compatible with sclerosing cholangitis in non-AIDS patients in five cases.
62. Plugged liver biopsies are both effective and safe when used to perform percutaneous liver biopsies in patients with impaired coagulation.
63. The diagnosis of chronic liver disease was made by accepted clinical, serological and histological criteria.
64. The new equipment has been provided to aid in the diagnosis of liver disorders.
65. In some cases, a liver biopsy may also be done.
66. This gave way to an acute infection of the liver, and on 9 February, 1883, he died.
67. Conversely, we found a highly significant association with the severity of liver disease as measured by the Child's classes.
68. All patients had normal serum concentrations of liver enzymes and bilirubin and were included consecutively in the study.
69. Other than the brain itself, the liver is the organ most often associated with alcohol.
70. Patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection, particularly when this is secondary to alcohol abuse.
71. Of chicken liver samples, three-quarters are typically found to be contaminated with Campylobacter.
72. However, a number of problems confront investigators applying this technique to studies of alcoholic liver disease.
73. In some cases, experts note, the SSRIs can also affect liver enzymes that inhibit the metabolism of other drugs.
74. This may indicate that other factors also play an important role in increasing hepatic venous pressure gradient in acute liver failure.
75. As controls, cryptogenic cases of chronic liver disease - that is without ANA-H or SMA-AA, were similarly studied.
76. In this regard, increased plasma renin activity and decreased renal prostaglandin production have been reported in patients with acute liver failure.
77. My only experience with the stuff was when half a pound of liver leaked all over my cheque book.
78. Sixteen days after liver transplantation a deterioration in liver function tests occurred and liver biopsy showed cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies.
79. Some people progress to liver disease, cirrhosis and liver cancer,[http://sentencedict.com/liver.html] and the virus can be fatal.
80. They may be appropriate, however, in patients where the history or examination points to systemic disease such as chronic liver disease.
81. Blood chemistry showed cholestatic liver enzymes and ultrasound showed dilated bile ducts.
82. My voice is like sandpaper, I cough up gobs of phlegm, my liver feels like a sandbag.
83. On the Loose After passing through the liver, you exit into a nearby blood vessel.
84. It is caused by excessive destruction of erythrocytes at a rate that exceeds the conjugating ability of the liver.
85. Neither Royal Liver nor any of the other friendly societies has taken any action so far to deter carpetbaggers.
86. Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
87. Murder claims three divorced men for every divorced woman, as does cirrhosis of the liver.
88. A liver biopsy specimen taken from our patient shortly after reperfusion of the graft showed neutrophil infiltration.
89. However, liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma still has a place in carefully selected patients.
90. Liver cirrhosis often is listed as a contraindication to the use of disulfiram.