| 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: | fibrotic |
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| Definition: | Fibrosis is the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0040019] |