liver extract

American  

[liv-er] / ˈlɪv ər /

noun

1. an extract of mammalian liver, especially hog or beef, for treating pernicious anemia.

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liver extract British  

noun

1. an extract of raw mammalian liver containing vitamin B 12 : sometimes used to treat pernicious anaemia

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Etymology

Origin of liver extract

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Their discovery may eventually rank in importance with the finding that pernicious anemia is caused in part by an iron deficiency in red blood cells, which can be corrected by liver extract.

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In 1934 Drs. George Minot, William Murphy and George Whipple won the Nobel Prize for their discovery, proved on Brigham patients, that liver extract is effective against pernicious anemia.

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Plants yellow-white because they are deficient in chlorophyll perk up like anemic people when treated with liver extract, said Dr. Oran Lee Raber, botany professor at Roman Catholic Immaculata College.

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Last week they reported in the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine that they had found a chicken dung culture which produced the same effect as liver extract in patients with pernicious anemia.

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For the vitamins not yet identified, concentrates are made from a list of weird items reminiscent of a Chinese pharmacopoeia: yeast, wheat germ, defatted milk, rice polishings, grass juice and liver extract.

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