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NUTMEG LIVER

\nˈʌtmɛɡ lˈɪvə], \nˈʌtmɛɡ lˈɪvə], \n_ˈʌ_t_m_ɛ_ɡ l_ˈɪ_v_ə]\

Definitions of NUTMEG LIVER

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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a liver presenting a mottled appearance when cut.
Liver passively congested, often from cardiac disease.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: hepar variegatum. A l. in which chronic venous engorgement from heart disease has produced dilatation of the capillaries and a peculiar mottled appearance.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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