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<h1>Hepatic</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>He*pat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hepaticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ the liver; akin to L. <ets>jecur</ets>, Skr. <ets>yak<?/t</ets>: cf. F. <ets>h\'82patique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the liver; <as>as, <ex>hepatic</ex> artery; <ex>hepatic</ex> diseases.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Resembling the liver in color or in form; <as>as, <ex>hepatic</ex> cinnabar</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called <spn>Hepatic\'91</spn>, or scale mosses and liverworts.</def>

<cs><col>Hepatic duct</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>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 <i>Illust<i>., under <er>Digestive</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hepatic gas</col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>sulphureted hydrogen gas.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Hepatic mercurial ore</col>, &or; <col>Hepatic cinnabar</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Cinnabar</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hepatica</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>He*pat"i*ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hepatic\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Hepatic</er>. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class <spn>Hepatic\'91</spn>; -- called also <altname>scale moss</altname> and <altname>liverwort</altname>. See <er>Hepatic\'91</er>, in the Supplement.</def>

<h1>Hepatical</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>He*pat"ic*al</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hepatic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Hepatite</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hep"a*tite</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hepatitis</ets> an unknown precious stone, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, <?/, the liver: cf. F. <ets>h\'82patite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.</def>

<h1>Hepatitis</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hep`a*ti"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, liver + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the liver.</def>

<h1>Hepatization</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hep`a*ti*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>h\'82patisation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.</def>

<h1>Hepatize</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hep"a*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hepatized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hepatizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to be like the liver, to be liver-colored, fr. <?/, <?/, the liver: cf. E. <ets>hepatite</ets>, and (for sense 2) F. <ets>h\'82patiser</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called <i>hepatic</i> gas.</def>

<blockquote>On the right . . . were two wells of <b>hepatized</b> water. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.</def>

<h1>Hepatocele</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>He*pat"o*cele</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, the liver + <?/ tumor.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hernia of the liver.</def>

<h1>Hepatocystic</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hep`a*to*cys"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hepatic</ets> + <ets>cystic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; <as>as, the <ex>hepatocystic</ex> ducts</as>.</def>

<h1>Hepatogastric</h1> <Xpage=686>

<hw>Hep`a*to*gas"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hepatic</ets> + <ets>gastric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gastrohepatic</er>.</def>