Definition of Hepatec
He*pat"ic (?), a. [L. hepaticus,
Gr. &?;, fr. &?; the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr.
yak&?;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 cinnabar.
3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or
resembling, the plants called Hepaticæ, 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any compound that acts on the liver.
- Of or relating to the liver.
- Acting on or occurring in the liver.
- (colour) of a deep brownish-red color like that of liver.
hepatic colour:
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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