liver-rot

[ liv-er-rot ]

/ ˈlɪv ərˌrɒt /

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

a disease chiefly of sheep and cattle, characterized by sluggishness, weight loss, and local damage to the liver, caused by infection from the liver fluke.

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Also called distomatosis, fascioliasis, liver fluke disease .

Origin of liver-rot

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby liver-rot

liver of sulphur, liver opal, Liverpolitan, Liverpool, Liverpudlian, liver-rot, liver salts, liver sausage, liver spot, liver spots, liverwort

How to use liver-rot in a sentence

And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
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Family members say he developed also liver cancer after his capture.
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Eggs, he says, are a good source of cysteine, an amino acid that helps the liver break down alcohol faster.
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He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.
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As digesting food passes through the small intestine, it mixes with chemicals from the liver, and nutrients are absorbed.
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On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Excretion of these substances is greatly increased by a diet rich in nuclei, as sweetbreads and liver.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A very small amount may be present after ingestion of large quantities of cod-liver oil or other fats.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
As they entered, a liver-coloured hound that lay stretched before the fire growled lazily, and showed the whites of his eyes.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Passive hyperemia occurs most commonly in diseases of the heart and liver and in pregnancy.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd