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hemiliver

hemiliver noun: half of the liver.

Noun

hemiliver (plural hemilivers)

  1. Half of the liver.
    • If this were so, he argues the left hemiliver would be deprived of depatotrophic factors, thought to come principally from the pancreas.1987, Roderick N. M. MacSween, Pathology of the Liver, page 12
    • The main portal scissura (Cantle's line), which divides the liver into left and right hemilivers, lies along a line 75° from the horizontal plane opened to the left of the ex vivo liver, beginning at the IVC.2004, James L. Abbruzzese, Gastrointestinal Oncology

Forms of hemiliver

pluralhemilivers

Origin of hemiliver

From hemi- + liver.

Questions about hemiliver

What does hemiliver mean?
Hemiliver means half of the liver.
What part of speech is hemiliver?
Hemiliver is a noun.
What is the plural of hemiliver?
The plural of hemiliver is hemilivers.

Words near hemiliver in the dictionary

  1. hemilesions
  2. hemilethargy
  3. hemilineage
  4. hemilineages
  5. hemilingual
  6. hemiliver
  7. hemilivers
  8. hemiloop
  9. hemiloops
  10. hemimacula
  11. hemimacular

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