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Definition of Hepatise
1. to convert into a liver-like substance [v HEPATISED, HEPATISING, HEPATISES]
Medical Definition of Hepatise
1. 1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas. "On the right . . where two wells of hepatized water." (Barrow) 2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs. Origin: Gr. To be like the liver, to be liver-coloured, fr, the liver: cf. E. Hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. Hepatiser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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