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cancer of the liver

DEFINITIONS OF: cancer of the liver

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n malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort

Synonyms:
liver cancer
Type of:
liver disease
a disease affecting the liver
carcinoma
any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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