† hepaticaladj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
= hepatic adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
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hepatic1599
hepatical1611
jecorary1684
hepatocystic1739
hepatogenous1875
hepatogenic1876
intrahepatic1887
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Hepatique, hepaticall.
a1642 W. Bedell in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1651) 74 He dropt into an Hepaticall flux.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 323 They degenerate into Hepatical Fevers.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 342 The hepatical Artery, and the Vena Porta, carry the Blood into the Liver.
B. n.
= hepatic n.
ΚΠ
1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xv. 357 Hepaticals are such Medicines as are dedicated to the Liver.
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