Definition of Hepar
1. n. Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (&?;).
Definition of Hepar
1. an old name for some sulphurs [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hepar
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1. Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (especially. Potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides.
Synonym: hepar sulphuris .
2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum .
Hepar antimonii, a substance, of a liver-brown colour, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies.
Synonym: liver of antimony.
Origin: L. Hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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