liver extract

[ liv-er ]

noun

1. an extract of mammalian liver, especially hog or beef, for treating pernicious anemia.

liver extract

noun

1. an extract of raw mammalian liver containing vitamin B 12 : sometimes used to treat pernicious anaemia

Word History and Origins

Origin of liver extract¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

She had been working on a concentrated liver extract, using Woolf’s mincing machine, to help people with anemia.

From New York Times

They've also adapted a test that evaluates if an ingredient is genotoxic - destructive to a cell's genetic material - which replaces horse serum and rat liver extract with human serum and human liver extract.

From Reuters

But Treasure said the standard methods still use animal components, such as rat liver extract and bovine and horse serum.

From Reuters

"In many cases the culture of human cells still requires the use of animal components such as blood-derived components or liver extract which mean that ultimately animals have still been sacrificed for that work. One of the unique things about XCellR8 is that we've eradicated all of those components and so we have a truly animal free testing laboratory," Treasure told Reuters.

From Reuters

In another small study from 1989, 15 people with chronic fatigue syndrome were given either a placebo or a mixture of liver extract, folic acid and B12 at different phases of the month-long study.

From Washington Post