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the only organ that regrows itself, the overachiever you keep trying to dissolve
means The large reddish-brown organ in the abdomen that filters toxins from the blood, makes bile, and handles a staggering range of metabolic chores to keep you alive.
from From Old English 'lifer', which came down through the Germanic family — German has 'Leber', Dutch 'lever', Old Norse 'lifr'. A long-loved folk story links it to 'life' and 'live', since the ancients believed the liver was the seat of vitality and even the soul. That connection is tempting but unproven; the resemblance to 'live' may be coincidence rather than shared root. What's solid is that 'liver' is one of the oldest body words in English, unchanged in spirit for well over a thousand years.
- regeneration
- Regrows to full size from a quarter remaining
- job count
- Performs over 500 distinct functions daily
- blood flow
- Filters about 1.5 liters every single minute
- detox myth
- It's the actual detox; juices are decoration
- name origin
- Romans believed it housed love, not the heart
liverpool fc — english football club that won 19 league titles and 6 european cups
liver bird — mythical heraldic creature on the coat of arms of liverpool, england since the 13th century