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hepatic

[ hi-pat-ik ]

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.


noun

  1. a medicine acting on the liver.
  2. a liverwort.

hepatic

/ ɪˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the liver
  2. botany of or relating to the liverworts
  3. having the colour of liver
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. obsolete.
    any of various drugs for use in treating diseases of the liver
  2. a less common name for a liverwort
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hepatic

/ ĭ-ăĭ /

  1. Relating to or involving the liver.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hepatic1

1350–1400; Middle English epatik Latin ŧ貹پܲ < Greek ŧ貹پó. See hepato-, -ic
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Origin of hepatic1

C15: from Latin ŧ貹پܲ, from Greek ŧ貹 liver
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