| Hepatic | a. [ L. hepaticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak&unr_;t: cf. F. hépatique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Hepatica | ‖n.; pl. Hepaticae [ NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (bot.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ] |
