hemiliver

plural hemilivers

1. anatomyHalf of the liver.

   If this were so, he argues the left hemiliver would be deprived of depatotrophic factors, thought to come principally from the pancreas.

   1987, Roderick N. M. MacSween, Pathology of the Liver, page 12

   2 more examples

   The main portal scissura (Cantle's line), which divides the liver into left and right hemilivers, lies along a line 75° from the horizontal plane opened to the left of the ex vivo liver, beginning at the IVC.

   2004, James L. Abbruzzese, Gastrointestinal Oncology

   In addition, the diseased hemiliver acts as a transitory auxiliary liver that assists the growing FLR in metabolic, synthetic and detoxifying functions for the first and critical week after liver partition.

   2015 December 24, “ALPPS Procedure for Extended Liver Resections: A Single Centre Experience and a Systematic Review”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI