LIVER DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liver disease mean? 

• LIVER DISEASE (noun)
  The noun LIVER DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disease affecting the liver

  Familiarity information: LIVER DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIVER DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease affecting the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("liver disease" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liver disease"):

cirrhosis; cirrhosis of the liver (a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism)

fatty liver (yellow discoloration as a result of the accumulation of certain fats (triglycerides) in the liver; can be caused by alcoholic cirrhosis or pregnancy or exposure to certain toxins)

hepatitis (inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin)

cancer of the liver; liver cancer (malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort)

 Context examples 

A high or low level of certain substances can be a sign of liver disease.

(Liver function test, NCI Dictionary)

A virus that causes a serious liver disease.

(hepatitis A virus, NCI Dictionary)

Prolonged oral exposure to this substance results in a liver disease with associated skin lesions.

(Hexachlorobenzene, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include liver disease, perforation of the gastrointestinal tract or biliary tract, and peritoneal dialysis.

(Peritonitis, NCI Thesaurus)

The extra iron is stored in the liver, heart, and pancreas, which may cause liver disease, heart problems, organ failure, and cancer.

(Hemochromatosis, NCI Dictionary)

A scoring system of disease severity in patients with end-stage liver disease.

(Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

They contain filaments and are present in the liver parenchyma of patients with various liver disorders including alcoholic liver disease, Wilson disease, and primary biliary cirrhosis.

(Mallory Bodies Present, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of chronic, progressive liver disease in which liver cells are replaced by scar tissue.

(Cirrhosis, NCI Dictionary)

A question about whether an individual has or had a chronic liver disease.

(Has Chronic Liver Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had moderate or severe liver disease.

(Has Moderate or Severe Liver Disease, NCI Thesaurus)