| 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: | very long-chain fatty acid |
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| Synonyms: | higher fatty acid, very long-chain fatty acids, VLCFA, VLCFAs |
| Definition: | A fatty acid which has a chain length greater than C22. Very long-chain fatty acids which have a chain length greater than C27 are also known as ultra-long-chain fatty acids. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:27283] ( EBI ) |