HEPATIC

hepatic. Hepatic, a. of or relating to the liver, bilious

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He‐pat″ic (?), a. [[L. hepaticus, Gr. �, fr. � the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak�t: cf. F. hépatique.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.
2. 2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.
3. 3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticæ, or scale mosses and liverworts.
Hepatic duct (Anat.), 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 Illust., under Digestive. — Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas. — Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar.