Liver vs. Kidney

Livernoun

(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

Livernoun

This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

Livernoun

A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

Livernoun

Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

Liveradjective

Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

Livernoun

One who, or that which, lives.

Livernoun

A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.

Livernoun

One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver.

Livernoun

A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.

Livernoun

The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); - said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

Livernoun

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

Livernoun

liver of an animal used as meat

Livernoun

a person who has a special life style;

Livernoun

someone who lives in a place;

Liver

The liver is an organ only found in vertebrates which detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth. In humans, it is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, below the diaphragm.

Kidneynoun

An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.

Kidneynoun

This organ (of an animal) cooked as food.

Kidneynoun

Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. usually used of people

Kidneynoun

A waiter.

Kidneynoun

A glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body; a urinary gland.

Kidneynoun

Habit; disposition; sort; kind; as, a man of a different kidney.

Kidneynoun

A waiter.

Kidneynoun

either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder

Kidney

The kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped organs found in vertebrates. They are located on the left and right in the retroperitoneal space, and in adult humans are about 12 centimetres (4+1⁄2 inches) in length.