Term: liver: large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
Candidate hypernym: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function → 1
Candidate hypernym: squall: sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation → 0
Candidate hypernym: harvest: the gathering of a ripened crop → 0
Candidate hypernym: inguinal hernia: hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males → 0
Candidate hypernym: lox: brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked → 0
Candidate hypernym: palpation: a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional) → 0
Candidate hypernym: nuclear medicine: the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells → 0
Candidate hypernym: thorax: the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates → 0
Candidate hypernym: stanleya: prince's plume → 0
Candidate hypernym: tailspin: rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral → 0
Candidate hypernym: circumflex humeral artery: an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles → 0