/hi pat"ik/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to the liver.
2. acting on the liver, as a medicine.
3. liver-colored; dark reddish-brown.
4. Bot. belonging or pertaining to the liverworts.
n.
5. a medicine acting on the liver.
6. a liverwort.
[ 1350-1400; ME epatik hepaticus hepatikós. See HEPATO-, -IC ]