What does "hepatic" mean?

Any compound that acts on the liver.

Hepatic

Common synonyms include: hepatica, liver associated, liver related, liver related term, liver specific, liverish.

/həˈpætɪk/ adj, noun

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Noun

1
Any compound that acts on the liver.
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
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."

Adjective

1
Of or relating to the liver. not-comparable
2
Acting on or occurring in the liver. not-comparable
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

"They have come down with a hepatic disorder."

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