Liver Galaxy
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a

abdomen (ab-do-men)
The area of the body from the chest to the lower part of the tummy

alcohol (el-koh-hall)
A substance found in beer and wine. Too much of it will make you drunk. It is also no good for the liver as it contains poisonous substances that the liver finds it hard to get rid off.

artery (are-ter-ree)
A tube that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of body. 

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b

benign (bee-nine)
Tumor that is not cancerous and does not harm the body is benign. (Opposite of malignant)

bile (by-ile)
A greenish-yellow liquid made by the liver that helps to break up fats in the food

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c

cancer cells (can-ser sells)
Our bodies are made of cells, and each organ is made of different cells. When healthy cells become damaged and cause harm to the body, they become cancer cells.    


carcinogen (car-cee-no-gen)
Any substance that causes cancer

cell (sell)
What makes our body up

chemotherapy (kee-moh-tear-re-pee)
A way of treating cancer by using medicine to kill the cancer cells

chronic
An illness lasting a long time or recurring

cirrhosis (sir-ro-sis)
Chronic disease of the liver due to damage and scarring.

clot (claw-t)
When blood dries up to form a lump. If blood does not clot, the person will bleed non-stop. 

constipation (corns-tee-pay-shen)
When it is difficult to pass out wastes in the toilet

contaminated (corn-tear-mee-neigh-terd)
Dirtied

cryosurgery (cree-yo-sir-ger-ree)
Using a very cold temperature to kill cancer cells

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d

defrosts (dee-froz)
When the ice melts and the liver is back to its normal temperature

disease (dee-zeeze)
An illness in any part of the body when that part of the body cannot work properly. For example, liver disease is an illness in the liver and the liver cannot work properly

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e

effective (ee-fact-tiff)
Very useful

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f

freezes (free-zes)
When water becomes ice, we say that water freezes.

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h

hepatic artery (hee-pa-tic  are-ter-ree)
Blood carries oxygen from the heart to other parts. The blood vessel that carries blood high in oxygen to the liver from the heart is the hepatic artery

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i

immunization (eem-muu-ni-sae-shen)
To make you take a medicine which will prevent you from getting a disease ever again

infection (inn-fact-shern)
It happens when bacteria attacks a wound and makes it more serious

injected (inn-jac-terd)
By using a needle to put something (e.g. medicine) into the body

intra-arterially (in-trah-are-ter-rear-lee)
Something that is injected straight into an artery

intravenously (in-tra-vee-nus-lee)
Something that is injected straight into a vein

irregular (ee-rare-gew-ler)
An irregular heartbeat means that the heart is beating not normally, that is too slowly or too quickly.

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j

jaundice (john-dis)
The skin and the white part of the eyes turns yellowish because a lot of bile from the liver gets into the blood

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l

ligament (lee-ga-ment)
Strong fibrous ("stringy") tissue that joins parts of an organ together

liquid gas(lee-quid gas)
When air is put in very cold environment, it will become a liquid like water

local anesthetic (low-kal  a-nes-sta-tic)
A drug injected into a patient so that he/she falls asleep and does not feel any pain during a surgery.

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m

malignant (mag-lee-nent)
Cells that are damaged and cancerous; they may harm the body

metastases
Cancer cells that have moved from a primary site to another location in the body

microscope (my-crow-scope)
An instrument that can make things that are so small we cannot see it with our naked eyes larger. This way, we can see them.

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o

Oncologist (on-call-ler-geest)
A doctor who treats cancer

organ (or-gern)
Parts of our body (e.g. liver, heart, hand, mouth etc.)

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p

pancreas (pan-cree-ess)
An organ below the liver that is involved in digestion and insulin production.

physical activities(fee-see-kal  act-tee-vee-tees)
Doing things like running, swimming, playing sports, which may make you tired.

portal vein (por-tal  vain)
The portal vein is the blood vessel that carries nutrients from the intestines to the liver.

prevent (pree-vent)
To make sure it does not happen

primary cancer(pry-mer-ree  can-ser)
Sometimes, cancer cells from another organ may move to the liver to stay. This is called secondary liver cancer. Primary liver cancer is when the cancer cells start growing in the liver itself.

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r

radiation Oncologist
A doctor that uses radiotherapy to treat cancer

radiotherapy (rae-dee-o-tear-ra-pee)
A treatment that uses x-rays to kill cancer cells

radiofrequency (rae-deeo-free-kuen-cee)
Heat generated by vibration at a very high frequency similar to radio waves.

red blood cells
Blood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the heart then to the rest of the body

resection
Removing a section of an organ by surgery

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s

shivering (shee-ver-ring)
when a person feels very cold, his/her body will keep shaking. This is called shivering.

sores (saws)
A wound that can hurt a lot.

surgery (sir-jer-ree)
When people go for operation to take out a tumor

swelling (swell-ling)
When a part of the body becomes bigger in size e.g. A mosquito bite make the skin swell a little 

symptom (seem-term)
A complaint e.g. loss of appetite.

systemic
Affecting the whole body; as in systemic treatment that treats every cell of the body

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t

tattoo (tear-two)
The art of using needles to create pictures or drawings on our skin

tissue (tee-shew)
Cells make up tissues, which in turn make up the organ

tomography (to-mo-gra-phee) 
The use of x-rays to produce images of one specific layer of tissue

treatment (treet-ment)
A way to deal with cancer; to cure a cancer patient

tumour (tew-mer)
The lump formed in an organ when cancer cells gather together

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v

vein (ve-ain)
Tube that carries blood to the heart from all of the other organs in the body

vessel (vess-sel)
A tube that carries liquid in the body (e.g. blood); arteries and veins are vessels

viral hepatitis (vie-real hep-par-tie-tees)
Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus like the Hepatitis B Virus or the Hepatitis C Virus

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w

white blood cells
Blood cells that fight infection and disease in the body; formed in the bone marrow

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x

x-rays (X-ray-ees)
Invisible and powerful waves that can pass through the skin

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x

x-rays (X-ray-ees)
Invisible and powerful waves that can pass through the skin

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