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Definition of Hepatic

1. Noun. Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses.

2. Adjective. Pertaining to or affecting the liver. "Hepatic cirrhosis"

Definition of Hepatic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.

Definition of Hepatic

1. a drug acting on the liver [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hepatic

1. Pertaining to the liver. Origin: L. Hepaticus, Gr. Hepatikos This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatic

heparin cofactor II heparin complement heparin eliminase heparin lyase heparin unit heparitin sulfate heparosan N-sulfate D-glucuronosyl 5-epimerase hepars hepat- hepatatrophia

hepatectomies hepatectomized hepatectomy hepatectomy hepatic (current term) hepatic (current term) hepatica hepatica Hepaticae hepaticas

hepatico- hepaticodochotomy hepaticoduodenostomy hepaticoenterostomy hepaticogastrostomy hepaticolithotomy hepaticolithotripsy Hepaticopsida hepaticopulmonary hepaticostomy

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