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maddief24

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English, Pennsylvania, United States
Does anyone know the French equivalent for "liver failure"? It's essentially when the liver stops functioning. I don't think "arrêt du foie" works....
Hi
The main liver diseases are: le cancer du foie, la cirrhoses (well known for alcoholics) et l'hépathite.

Edit:
In fact the liver failure seems to be the final stage of the 3 diseases I mentionned. maybe insuffisance hépathique is the right expression, as we don't say in French défaillance du foie.
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Actually, the liver failure I'm talking about is due to cancer. Would your solution still work -- it sounds more linked with hepatitis?
Not specifically linked with the disease but same root, probably coming from a Greek word which means liver.
Could I use a verb instead of a noun and say "Son foie arrête de fonctionner normalement"? It doesn't have those medical-sounding undertones.
I'd rather say "son foie ne fonctionne plus normalement" ou bien "il est en insuffisance hépathique"
Un peu tard, mais je confirme que cela signifie "Insuffisance hépatique".
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