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he·pat·ic 
[hi-pat-ik] Pronunciation Key
[hi-pat-ik] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | of or pertaining to the liver. |
| 2. | acting on the liver, as a medicine. |
| 3. | liver-colored; dark reddish-brown. |
| 4. | Botany. belonging or pertaining to the liverworts. |
| 5. | a medicine acting on the liver. |
| 6. | a liverwort. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| he·pat·ic
(hĭ-pāt'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n. A drug that acts on the liver. [Middle English epatic, from Old French hepatique, from Latin hēpaticus, from Greek hēpatikos, from hēpar, hēpat-, liver; see y  kw in Indo-European roots.]
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| hepatic | |
adjective | |
| 1. | pertaining to or affecting the liver; "hepatic ducts"; "hepatic cirrhosis" |
noun | |
| 1. | any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses [syn: liverwort] |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| hepatic
(hĭ-pāt'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or involving the liver.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
A drug that acts on the liver.
hepatic he·pat·ic (hĭ-pāt'ĭk)
adj.
- Of, relating to, or resembling the liver.
- Acting on or occurring in the liver.
A drug that acts on the liver.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Hepatic
He*pat"ic\, a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak?t: cf. F. h['e]patique.]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 Hepatic[ae], 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.
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