hepatic /hi-patˈik/ adjective

1. Relating to or acting on the liver
2. Relating to liverworts
3. Liver-coloured

1. A liverwort
2. A hepatic medicine

Hepatˈica noun

1. A genus of plants with three-lobed leaves, once classed as a section of the Anemone genus
2. The common liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
3. (in pl) Hepatˈicae /-sē/ liverworts

hepatˈical adjective

hepaticologˈical adjective

hepaticolˈogist noun

A person who studies liverworts

hepaticolˈogy noun

hepˈatite noun

A variety of barytes with a sulphureous stink

hepatīˈtis noun

1. Inflammation of the liver usually referring to viral hepatitis which can be divided into: (1) hepatitis A, which is caused by a virus encountered in contaminated food and drink (also informal jaundice)
2. (2) hepatitis B, or serum hepatitis, which is caused by a virus introduced by contaminated blood products or hypodermic syringes, etc
3. (3) hepatitis Non-A, Non-B, or Non-A, Non-B hepatitis, which is caused by a virus transmitted in contaminated blood products. All these diseases cause fever, jaundice, and general weakness

hepatization or hepatisation /-ə-tī-zāˈshən/ noun

A liver-like solidification of tissue as of the lungs in pneumonia

hepˈatize or hepˈatise transitive verb

1. To convert into a substance resembling liver
2. To impregnate with sulphuretted hydrogen (obsolete)

hepatˈocyte noun

A liver cell

hepatolˈogist noun

A person who specializes in liver diseases

hepatolˈogy noun

hepatōˈma noun (pl hepatōˈmas or hepatōˈmata)

A cancer of the liver

hepatomegˈaly noun

Abnormal enlargement of the liver

hepatosˈcopy noun

Divination by inspection of the livers of animals

hepatotoxˈic (or /-patˈ/) adjective

Damaging the liver