hepatic

American  

[hi-pat-ik] / hɪˈpæt ɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the liver.

2. acting on the liver, as a medicine.

3. liver-colored; dark reddish-brown.

4. Botany. belonging or pertaining to the liverworts.

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noun

1. a medicine acting on the liver.

2. a liverwort.

hepatic British  

/ hɪˈpætɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the liver

2. botany of or relating to the liverworts

3. having the colour of liver

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noun

1. obsolete any of various drugs for use in treating diseases of the liver

2. a less common name for a liverwort

hepatic Scientific  

/ hĭ-păt′ĭk /

1. Relating to or involving the liver.

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Other Word Forms

• nonhepatic
  adjective
• posthepatic
  adjective
• subhepatic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of hepatic

1350–1400; Middle English epatik ≪ Latin hēpaticus < Greek hēpatikós. See hepato-, -ic

Example Sentences

Figure 20.43 Hepatic Portal System The liver receives blood from the normal systemic circulation via the hepatic artery.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

This passage is the conclusion of a very interesting discussion on the distribution of hepatic� in a paper on "A New Hepatic from Killarney," in the Journal of Botany, vol.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Specimens of the Hepatic Tanager from Coahuila in winter might well be either P. f. hepatic or P. f. dextra.

From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Urban, Emil K.

Hepatic cinnabar is an impure variety from Idria in Carniola, in which the cinnabar is mixed with bituminous and earthy matter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Barbados aloes, is the produce of A. vulgaris, or A. barbadensis, a native of the Cape colony, and is often passed off for the Hepatic.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.