Definition: Extensive and rapid death of parenchymal cells in the LIVER, often due to exposure to toxic materials. It is characterized by a soft, flabby, yellow-brown wrinkled, and shrunken liver. It was called "acute yellow atrophy".
Synonyms (terms occurring on more labels are shown first): acute hepatic necrosis, acute yellow atrophy
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