English Explanatory Dictionary

hepatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to the liver.
Acting on or occurring in the liver.
Of a deep brownish-red color like that of the liver.

noun

Any compound that acts on the liver.
A liverwort (kind of plant)

Pronunciation

/hɪˈpætɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hepatic.wav /həˈpætɪk/

Word forms

hepatic hepatics

Etymology

From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

Related words

Derived words

adipohepatic anhepatic antihepatic cardiohepatic cholehepatic cystohepatic duodenohepatic enterohepatic erythrohepatic extrahepatic gastrohepatic hemihepatic hepatic air hepatical hepatically hepatic cancer hepatic capsulitis hepatic cinnabar hepatic duct hepatic flexure hepatico- hepatic portal vein hepatic tanager hepatic vein infrahepatic intrahepatic neohepatic nonhepatic pancreaticohepatic parahepatic perihepatic portohepatic posthepatic prehepatic retrohepatic splenohepatic steatohepatic subhepatic suprahepatic transhepatic unhepatic hepaticology

Translations

Japanese: 肝臓色の

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