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Descriptor
English
:
Liver
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Hígado
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Fígado
Synonyms
English
:
Livers
Tree Number:
A03.620
Definition
English
:
A large lobed glandular organ in the
abdomen
of
vertebrates
that is responsible for detoxification,
metabolism
, synthesis and storage of various substances.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
/ blood
supply
: consider also
LIVER CIRCULATION
; / cytol: consider also
HEPATOCYTES
&
KUPFFER CELLS
; / surg: consider also
HEPATECTOMY
&
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
;
inflammation
=
HEPATITIS
& its specifics; specialty is
HEPATOLOGY
see
GASTROENTEROLOGY
; do not confuse "hepatic" with "intrahepatic": "intrahepatic" may refer to
BILE DUCTS
, INTRAHEPATIC & its diseases
Consider also terms at
English
:
HEPAT-
Entry Combination - descr/qualif
English
:
Liver
/
transplantation
use
Liver Transplantation
See Related
English
:
Hepatectomy
History Note
English
:
/cytology was LIVER CYTOLOGY 1964-65; /enzymology was LIVER ENZYMOLOGY 1964-65; /physiology was LIVER FUNCTION 1964-65
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DG
diagnostic imaging
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
8272
Unique Identifier:
D008099
Occurrence in VHL
:
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