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Liver: The largest solid organ in the body, situated in the upper part of the abdomen on the right side. The liver has a multitude of important and complex functions, including to manufacture proteins, including albumin (to help maintain the volume of blood) and blood clotting factors to synthesize, store, and process fats, including fatty acids (used for energy) and cholesterol to metabolize and store carbohydrates (used as the source for the sugar in blood) to form and secrete bile that contains bile acids to aid in the intestinal absorption of fats and the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K to eliminate, by metabolizing or secreting, the potentially harmful biochemical products produced by the body, such as bilirubin, from the breakdown of old red blood cells and ammonia from the breakdown of proteins and to detoxify, by metabolizing and/or secreting, drugs, alcohol, and environmental toxins.