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"
Partainyms: Liver

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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