About The Word Hepatic
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Hepatic
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What's The Definition Of Hepatic?
[adj] pertaining to or affecting the liver; "hepatic ducts"; "hepatic cirrhosis"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hepatic: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hepatic: See Also | Hepatic In Webster's Dictionary \He*pat"ic\, a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the liver;
akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak?t: cf. F. h['e]patique.]
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.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called
Hepatic[ae], 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}.
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