Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling the liver.
- adjective Acting on or occurring in the liver.
- noun A drug that acts on the liver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy and physiology, of or pertaining in any way to the liver.
- In zoology, liver-colored; dark brownish-red; hepaticous: as, the hepatic tanager, Pyranga hepatica.
- noun A medicine acting on the liver.
- noun One of the Hepaticœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the liver
- adjective Resembling the liver in color or in form.
- adjective (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticæ, or scale mosses and liverworts.
- adjective (Anat.) 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. , underDigestive . - adjective (Old Chem.) sulphureted hydrogen gas.
- adjective See under
Cinnabar .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
compound that acts on the liver. - noun A
liverwort (kind of plant) - adjective Of or relating to the
liver . - adjective Acting on or occurring in the liver.
- adjective Of a deep brownish-red color like that of
liver .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pertaining to or affecting the liver
- noun any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This type of hypertension is often referred to as hepatic, portal or renal hypertension.
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When viewed under a microscope, the liver is seen as a large network of units called hepatic lobules.
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Liver hemangioma is sometimes called hepatic hemangioma or cavernous hemangioma.
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When viewed under a microscope, the liver is seen as large network of units called hepatic lobules.
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When viewed under a microscope, the liver is seen as a large network of units called hepatic lobules.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration questioned the impact of the company's drug that would treat a condition caused by the buildup of toxic substances that impairs brain function known as hepatic encephalopathy.
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Workers force-feed the ducks so they develop a disease called hepatic lipidosis, Noyes states before cutting to an avian veterinarian, Laurie Siperstein-Cook, who says, A friend of mine refers to pt as hepatic lipidosis on toast.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Medically known as hepatic lipidosis, she narrates, foie gras is a disease marketed as a delicacy.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Workers force-feed the ducks so they develop a disease called hepatic lipidosis, Noyes states before cutting to an avian veterinarian, Laurie Siperstein-Cook, who says, A friend of mine refers to pt as hepatic lipidosis on toast.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Medically known as hepatic lipidosis, she narrates, foie gras is a disease marketed as a delicacy.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
chained_bear commented on the word hepatic
"'...makes me fear that this is not an ordinary congestion of the hepatic ducts but some disease acquired in New South Wales.'"
--O'Brian, The Truelove, 27
March 10, 2008