Liver failure occurs when a large number of liver cells are damaged and no longer able to function at all. According to the Mayo Clinic, liver failure may come on suddenly, but more commonly occurs after years of progressively decreasing functioning.
war baby. n. (Military) a child born in wartime, esp the illegitimate child of a soldier. warâ² ba`by. n. 1. a child born or conceived in wartime. 2. an illegitimate child born in wartime of a father in the armed forces. [1900â05]
The older sense (âwaging warâ) is generally used to refer to the actions or combatants of a nation at war, or to the nation itself (belligerent operations; belligerent troops; âthe belligerent stateâ); it is paralleled by the earliest sense of the noun, âa nation at warâ (âthe belligerents assembled at the peace conferenceâ).