- liver disease
- nouna disease affecting the liver• Hypernyms: ↑disease• Hyponyms: ↑cirrhosis, ↑cirrhosis of the liver, ↑fatty liver, ↑hepatitis, ↑liver cancer, ↑cancer of the liver
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