hepatoscopy
[ hep-uh-tos-kuh-pee ]
noun,plural hep·a·tos·co·pies.
medical examination of the liver.
examination of the livers of sacrificed animals as a technique of divination.
Origin of hepatoscopy
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hepatoscopy falls within the former category, Astrology and Birth-omens in the latter.
Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance | Morris Jastrowhepatoscopy and Birth-omens thus followed the same course in passing from the distant East to the West.
Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance | Morris Jastrowhepatoscopy or divination from the liver was undertaken by the Chaldeans for the purpose of determining what the gods had in mind.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria | Lewis Spence
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