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Hepatic
He-pat′ic
,Adj.
[L.
hepaticus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] the liver; akin to L. jecur
, Skr. yak[GREEK]t
: cf. F. hépatique
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to the liver;
as,
hepatic
artery; hepatic
diseases.2.
Resembling the liver in color or in form;
as,
. hepatic
cinnabar3.
(Bot.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called
Hepaticae
, or scale mosses and liverworts. Hepatic duct
(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., under
– Digestive
. Hepatic gas
(Old Chem.)
, sulphureted hydrogen gas.
– Hepatic mercurial ore
, or Hepatic cinnabar
See under
Cinnabar
.