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
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.
hepatic (plural hepatics)
Any compound that acts on the liver.
A liverwort (kind of plant)
• 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
28 March 2025
(noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
