| NOUN | state | liver disease | a disease affecting the liver |
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| Meaning | A disease affecting the liver. | |
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| Narrower | cirrhosis, cirrhosis of the liver | A chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver |
| fatty liver | yellow discoloration as a result of the accumulation of certain fats (triglycerides) in the liver | |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin | |
| liver cancer, cancer of the liver | malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer | |
| Broader | disease | An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
| Spanish | enfermedad del hígado, hepatopatía, hepatosis | |
| Catalan | enfermetat del fetge, hepatopatia, hepatosi | |
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