HEPATICS

Noun

hepatics

plural of hepatic

Anagrams

• capeshit, pastiche, pistache, scaphite

Source: Wiktionary

HEPATIC

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