Hepatic
Hepatic , adjective
[Latin hepaticus, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} the liver; akin to Latin jecur, Sanskrit yak{not transcribed}t: compare French hépatique.]
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.
(Botany) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts.
Collocations (3)
Hepatic duct (Anatomy) , 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 Chemistry) , sulphureted hydrogen gas.
Hepatic mercurial ore or Hepatic cinnabar , See under Cinnabar.