livers
Detoxifying body organs
Livers is the plural of liver—the organ that filters blood and produces bile.
In culinary contexts, livers are prepared as food: chicken livers sautéed with onions, chopped livers.
To be chopped liver is to be dismissed as insignificant: What am I, chopped liver?
A liver is also someone who lives in a particular way: a clean liver, a fast liver.
Irreversible hepatic scarring
- hepatitisInflammatory liver condition
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
failure · damage · scarring · inflammation · transplant · biopsy · enlarged · diseased
Body's working component
- hepaticRelating to liver
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- lobulesSmall subdivisions of lobes
tissue · lobe · cells · abdominal · viscera · offal · gland · diaphragm
Seasoned meat paste
- offalEdible animal organs
- liverwurstSpreadable organ-meat sausage
- friedCooked in hot fat
- onionsPungent layered cooking bulbs
calf · goose · duck · terrine · mousse · sautéed · iron-rich · giblets
Separating solids from liquids
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
- drugsTherapeutic chemical compounds
cleansing · purify · poison · enzymes · processing · detoxification · breakdown · ammonia
Weak and easily frightened
- cowardlyWithout bravery or nerve
- braveShowing courage despite fear
- courageFortitude facing danger
- humorAmusing quality
choler · melancholy · temperament · passion · white-livered · spirited · pluck
cirrhosis
Irreversible hepatic scarring
- hepatitisInflammatory liver condition
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
cancer · failure · damage · scarring · inflammation · transplant · biopsy · enlarged · diseased · alcoholic
organ
Body's working component
- hepaticRelating to liver
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
- gallbladderBile storage organ
lobules · tissue · lobe · cells · abdominal · viscera · offal · gland · diaphragm · capsule
pâté
Seasoned meat paste
- offalEdible animal organs
- liverwurstSpreadable organ-meat sausage
- friedCooked in hot fat
onions · calf · goose · duck · terrine · mousse · sautéed · iron-rich · giblets · haggis
filtration
Separating solids from liquids
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
drugs · cleansing · purify · poison · enzymes · processing · detoxification · breakdown · ammonia · glycogen
lily-livered
Weak and easily frightened
humor · choler · melancholy · temperament · passion · white-livered · spirited · pluck
- Southern friedfried chicken, fried catfish, fried okra, fried green tomatoes, hush puppies
- poultrychicken, hen, turkey, duck, goose
liverskidneys
Blood-filtering organ pair
hearts · lungs · brains · spleens · gallbladders
liversabstainers
Those who forgo indulgence
ascetics · corpses · teetotalers · hermits
- chopped liverMinced organ spread
- cod liver oilFish-derived nutrient liquid
- liver spotsHyperpigmented skin patches
- chicken liverEdible fowl organ
- liver transplantSurgical organ replacement
- liver and onionsPan-fried organ meat with alliums