Meaning & use
hepatocellular disease
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Meaning
nouncountable or uncountablemedical
A condition in which the main working cells of the liver are damaged or inflamed, reducing the liver's ability to function.
Grammar: Can be used as a category: hepatocellular disease is common after heavy alcohol use.
Patterns
- hepatocellular disease caused by something
- a form of hepatocellular disease
Blood tests suggested hepatocellular disease rather than a blocked bile duct.
Hepatitis and heavy drinking are both common causes of hepatocellular disease.
Doctors monitor patients with hepatocellular disease through regular liver tests.
Common combinations
- diagnose hepatocellular disease
- Doctors diagnosed hepatocellular disease after the scan.
- chronic hepatocellular disease
- He lives with chronic hepatocellular disease.
- signs of hepatocellular disease
- Yellow skin is a sign of hepatocellular disease.
- treat hepatocellular disease
- The clinic treats hepatocellular disease with drugs and diet.
- hepatocellular disease pattern
- The tests showed a hepatocellular disease pattern.
Synonyms and how they differ
- liver disease
- Liver disease is the general everyday term and covers every liver condition, not just cell damage.
- hepatitis
- Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver, which is one cause of hepatocellular disease.
- cirrhosis
- Cirrhosis is advanced scarring of the liver, which is a late result of ongoing cell damage.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: hepatocellular disease or hepatocellular carcinoma?
hepatocellular disease vs hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a specific liver cancer, whereas hepatocellular disease is a broader term for cell damage.
Practice
Which phrase describes damage to the main working cells of the liver?
Choose one answer.
Hepatocellular disease affects liver cells. Renal relates to the kidneys, so it does not fit.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “hepatocellular disease”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.