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hepatoscopy
[ hep-uh-tos-kuh-pee ]
noun
, plural hep·a·tos·co·pies.
- medical examination of the liver.
- examination of the livers of sacrificed animals as a technique of divination.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hepatoscopy1
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Example Sentences
Hepatoscopy falls within the former category, Astrology and Birth-omens in the latter.
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Hepatoscopy and Birth-omens thus followed the same course in passing from the distant East to the West.
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Hepatoscopy or divination from the liver was undertaken by the Chaldeans for the purpose of determining what the gods had in mind.
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