Obesity and diabetes. Both conditions raise your risk of liver cancer. Obesity can lead to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma. The higher risk from diabetes may be due to high insulin levels in people with diabetes or from liver damage caused by the disease.
monophyletic. adj. 1. (Biology) relating to or characterized by descent from a single ancestral group of animals or plants. 2. (Biology) (of animals or plants) of or belonging to a single stock. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
Medical Definition of monophasic. 1  1: having a single phase; specifically : relating to or being a record of a nerve impulse that is negative or positive but not both a monophasic action potentialâcompare diphasic b, polyphasic 1. 2: having a single period of activity followed by a period of rest in each 24-hour period humans are naturally monophasic beings.