HEPATIC


Meaning of HEPATIC in English

/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 ]

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