hepatology
noun
the study and treatment of conditions of the liver.
hepatologist
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a word derived from
hepatology.
Example Sentences
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Her care team included experts like cardiologist Dr. Kathleen Simpson and hepatologist Dr. Dania Brigham, who worked together to manage her condition until a transplant became the best option.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2025
At King's College Hospital in London, consultant hepatologist Debbie Shawcross tells me that she regularly treats professional women in their 40s and 50s with liver disease.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
She’s past the itchiness and constant nausea and said her hepatologist is encouraged by her “slow, gradual improvement.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
“She came in in acute liver failure,” said Dr. Anna Peters, a pediatric transplant hepatologist who was part of Liviah’s medical team.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
“This is a severe phenomenon,” says Deirdre Kelly, a pediatric hepatologist at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in England.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 15, 2022
