Let’s start with that word liver. We’ll get to some cool news about imaging the livers in a minute, but let’s start with etymology. It’s from the Old English word lifer, which traces back to Germanic roots “life” or “fat.” And in early Germanic languages, lifere was tied to the concept of life because the ancients viewed the organ as essential to living and physical health. They weren’t wrong! In the ancient Greek language, the liver was called hèpar. Notice that’s the root f