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

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Samples were taken from the hepatic portal vein, which carries blood from the intestine to the liver, and from peripheral blood, which travels from the liver to the heart before circulating through the body.

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"This proved conclusive: the microrobots preferentially navigated the branches of the hepatic artery which were targeted by the algorithm and reached their destination."

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The new models offered a peek at the underlying pathology, illuminating the roles of hepatic stellate and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in the disease process.

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