liver disease
English Thesaurus
1. a disease affecting the liver (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | disease, |
| definition | : | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cirrhosis, cirrhosis of the liver, |
| definition | : | a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | fatty liver, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | hepatitis, |
| definition | : | inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cancer of the liver, liver cancer, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.state) |
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