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Hepatic

//həˈpætɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the liver. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Acting on or occurring in the liver. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of a deep brownish-red color like that of the liver. not-comparable

    "Polyhydrite, a silicate of oxide of iron from Breitenbrun, Saxony, is of a hepatic color, vitreous lustre and opaque"

Adjective
  1. 1
    pertaining to or affecting the liver wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any compound that acts on the liver.
  2. 2
    any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses wordnet
  3. 3
    A liverwort (kind of plant)

    "There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

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