Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the homeopathic materiamedica, calcium sulphid.
  • noun In anatomy, the liver. Also called jecur.
  • noun In old chemistry, one of various compounds of sulphur with the metals, having a brown-red or liver color.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Old Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (�).
  • noun Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (�).
  • noun (Old Chem.) a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete, chemistry liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).
  • noun obsolete, chemistry Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide.

Etymologies

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Latin hepar, hepatis ("the liver").

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Examples

  • Many IEists historically have noted that PIE *y- becomes either h- (PIE *yēkʷr̥ 'liver' ἧπαρ hepar) or z- (PIE *yes- 'to seethe' ζέω zéō).

    Aegean phonotactics against word-initial /j/ 2010

  • Many IEists historically have noted that PIE *y- becomes either h- (PIE *yēkʷr̥ 'liver' ἧπαρ hepar) or z- (PIE *yes- 'to seethe' ζέω zéō).

    Archive 2010-02-01 2010

  • Terebinthinam Cypriam habeant familiarem, ad quantitatem deglutiant nucis parvae, tribus horis ante prandium vel coenam, ter singulis septimanis prout expedire videbitur; nam praeterquam quod alvum mollem efficit, obstructiones aperit, ventriculum purgat, urinam provocat hepar mundificat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Ventriculus plerumque frigidus, epar calidum; quomodo ergo ventriculum calefaciet, vel refrigerabit hepar sine alterius maximo detrimento?

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Though all three microbes cause inflammation (itis) of the liver (hepar), they're genetically distinct and spread by different means.

    Hepatitis C: The Insidious Spread Of A Killer Virus 2007

  • Ob spirituum distractionem hepar officio suo non fungitur, nec vertit alimentum in sanguinem, ut debeat.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • The fetus who developped in the right-most cell would be male and very masculine, because it was closest, again, to the source of heat (and hence of masculinity), the liver: Conches, Phil., p. 90: … si in dextra parte remaneat, quia hepar est in dextra parte matrici vicinum, meliore et calido sanguine nutritur fetus, masculus efficitur.

    A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

  • I swear she eats nothing but fruit and veg at the moment, and special “hepar” water, and olive oil in her veggies.

    chocolate 2006

  • Homeopathic remedies to consider are belladonna if the condition is of recent and rapid onset, hepar sulph 6th to 30th if the condition is associated with pus and suppuration, and silicea 6th if it seems slow to heal.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • I have found that homeopathic hepar sulph 6X to 30X potency is effective for many bacterial infections.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

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