| 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: | pyruvic acid |
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| Synonyms: | 2-ketopropionic acid, 2-oxopropanoic acid, 2-Oxopropansaeure, 2-Oxopropionsaeure, Acetylformic acid, acide pyruvique, alpha-ketopropionic acid, alpha-Oxopropionsaeure, Brenztraubensaeure, BTS, CH3COCOOH, Pyroracemic acid, Pyruvic acid |
| Definition: | A 2-oxo monocarboxylic acid that is the 2-keto derivative of propionic acid. It is a metabolite obtained during glycolysis. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:32816] ( EBI ) |
| Name: | decreased amount |
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| Synonyms: | decreased, decreased number, present in fewer numbers in organism, reduced, subnumerary |
| Definition: | An amount which is relatively low. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001997] |