HEPATIC

hepatic

(adjective) pertaining to or affecting the liver; “hepatic ducts”; “hepatic cirrhosis”

liverwort, hepatic

(noun) any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hepatic (not comparable)

Of or relating to the liver.

Acting on or occurring in the liver.

Of a deep brownish-red color like that of liver.

Noun

hepatic (plural hepatics)

Any compound that acts on the liver.

A liverwort (kind of plant)

Anagrams

• aphetic

Source: Wiktionary


He*pat"ic, a. Etym: [L. hepaticus, Gr. jecur, Skr. yak: cf. F. hépatique.]

1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.

2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticæ, or scale mosses and liverworts. Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive.

– Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas.

– Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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