| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | hyperplastic tissue |
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| Definition: | An organ or a tissue with an abnormal increase in the number of cells as a consequence of cell proliferation. |
| Ontology: | MPATH [MPATH:602] |