English Explanatory Dictionary

hepatize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).
  2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
  3. To convert into a substance resembling liver.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛpətaɪz/

Word forms

hepatize hepatizes hepatizing hepatized

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] to be like the liver, to be liver-coloured: compare English hepatite, and (for sense 2) French hépatiser.

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