| Term: | liver lipid catabolic process |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| 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: | lipid catabolic process |
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| Synonyms: | lipid breakdown, lipid catabolism, lipid degradation, lipolysis, multicellular organism lipid catabolic process, multicellular organismal lipid catabolic process |
| Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0016042] QuickGO AmiGO |