Definition of "liver-complaint" [liver-complaint]

• Disease of the liver. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Holland, the widow of a merchant, and suffering from a liver-complaint contracted in Java."
• "They lingered long, and their malady was called a disease of the lungs; or they fell suddenly, and it was a case of apoplexy; or they were greatly swollen, and it was considered dropsy; they lost their powers of digestion, and were said to be troubled with dyspepsia; every vital function refused its natural action, and the poor victim was treated for a liver-complaint."
• "In our self-exploiting nineteenth century, with its melancholy liver-complaint, how serene and high he seems!"