Phrase Hound found 45 phrases and 41 compound words that contain liver. The most common are listed below. Open liver in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 45
- liver cancerA malignant neoplasm of the liver.
- Liver Disease
- fatty liverThe abnormal retention of triglycerides within the vacuoles of the liver.
- Liver damage
- cod liverThe liver of codfish.
- Liver function
- liver spotA dark brown blemish on the skin, usually caused by exposure to the sun.
- chopped liverA Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken fat”) together with hard-boiled eggs.
- chicken liverUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, liver.
- liver and onionsA cooked meal consisting of liver fillets with onions, especially sliced, and other seasoning.
- liver flukeAny of several parasitic trematode worms that infect the livers of various mammals, including humans.
- liver sausageSpreadable sausage made with liver.
- liver function testsplural of liver function test: any of several biochemical blood assays designed to give information on the state of a patient's liver; include total protein, albumin, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin
- cod liver oilOil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.
- sheep liver flukeA parasitic flatworm, of species Fasciola hepatica, of the class Trematoda, that infects the livers of various mammals, including humans.
- liver birdA cormorant-like bird which symbolizes the English city of Liverpool.
- liver birdsplural of liver bird: A cormorant-like bird which symbolizes the English city of Liverpool.
- liver spotsplural of liver spot: A dark brown blemish on the skin, usually caused by exposure to the sun.
- cross-liverA person who cross-lives.
- free liverA voracious eater and drinker; someone who indulges themselves in eating and drinking.
- liver function testany of several biochemical blood assays designed to give information on the state of a patient's liver; include total protein, albumin, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin
- liver rotinfestation with liver flukes, fascioliasis
- sugar-coated liverHyaloserositis of the liver.
- nutmeg liverA liver that looks speckled (like a grated nutmeg kernel) as a result of congestive hepatopathy.
- liver of sulfurA loosely defined mixture of potassium sulfide, potassium polysulfide, potassium thiosulfate, and likely potassium bisulfide.
Compound words 41
- liveryAny distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
- liverwortA type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.
- liverwurstSpreadable sausage made with liver.
- antiliverPertaining to an autoimmune response affecting the liver.
- hemiliverHalf of the liver.
- xenoliverA liver from an organ donor.
- nonliverNot of or pertaining to the liver.
- liverleafA common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine.
- liverlessWithout a liver.
- liverlikeResembling or characteristic of a liver (the organ) or its meat.