Definition for LIV'ER

LIV'ER, n.2 [Sax. lifer, lifre; D. leever; G. leber; Sw. lefver; Dan. lever; Russ. liber. The Saxon word is rendered also libramentum, and this viscus may be named from its weight.]

An abdominal and glandular viscus of considerable size and of a reddish color, convex on the anterior and superior side, and of an unequal surface on the inferior and posterior side. It is situated under the false ribs, in the right hypochondrium. It consists of two lobes, and is destined for the secretion of the bile. – Encyc.

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