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Webster 1913 Edition
Hepatite
Hep′a-tite
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[L.
hepatitis
an unknown precious stone, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK], [GREEK], the liver: cf. F. hépatite
.] (Min.)
A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hepatite
HEP'ATITE
,Noun.
Hepatite is a name given to the fetid sulphate of baryte. It sometimes occurs in globular masses, and is either compact or of a foliated structure. By friction or the application of heat, it exhales a fetid odor, like that of sulphurated hydrogen.