hepatic

See also: hepàtic

English

Etymology

From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɪˈpætɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈpætɪk/, /hɪˈpætɪk/
• Rhymes: -ætɪk
• Hyphenation: he‧pat‧ic

Adjective

hepatic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the liver.
2. Acting on or occurring in the liver.
3. Of a deep brownish-red color like that of liver.

   hepatic:  

   • 1842, Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger, “Mineralogical Notices”, in The American journal of science and arts, page 386:

     Polyhydrite, a silicate of oxide of iron from Breitenbrun, Saxony, is of a hepatic color, vitreous lustre and opaque

   • 1872, “Remarks on Longevity”, in The Medical and surgical reporter, page 104:

     In fact bis weakness was for alcoholic stimulants. Hence his liver was carefully examined. It was not of the usual hepatic color ; in this case it presented a deep purple-black

   • 1893, The Wilder quarter-century book: a collection of original papers, page 438:

     Among the most striking ot the internal modifications is the gradual change of the liver from the characteristic hepatic color to a bright green.

Derived terms

• anhepatic
• antihepatic
• cardiohepatic
• cystohepatic
• enterohepatic
• erythrohepatic
• extrahepatic
• gastrohepatic
• hemihepatic
• hepatic air
• hepatical
• hepatically
• hepatic capsulitis
• hepatic cinnabar
• hepatic duct
• hepatic flexure
• hepatic portal vein
• hepatic tanager
• infrahepatic
• intrahepatic
• nonhepatic
• perihepatic
• portohepatic
• posthepatic
• prehepatic
• retrohepatic
• subhepatic
• suprahepatic
• transhepatic

 

Related terms

• hepatectomy
• hepatica
• hepatitis

 

Translations

relating to the liver

• Arabic: كَبِدِيّ (kabidiyy), كِبْدِيّ (kibdiyy)
• Belarusian: пячо́начны (pjačónačny)
• Bulgarian: чернодро́бен (černodróben)
• Catalan: hepàtic (ca)
• Czech: jaterní (cs)
• Esperanto: hepata
• French: hépatique (fr)
• German: hepatisch (de), Leber- (de)
• Greek: ηπατικός (el) (ipatikós)
• Hungarian: máj- (hu)
• Italian: epatico (it)
• Japanese: 肝臓の (ja) (かんぞうの, kanzō no)
• Kazakh: бауырлық (bauyrlyq)
• Macedonian: црнодробен (crnodroben)
• Manx: aaneagh
• Polish: wątrobiany (pl), wątrobowy (pl)
• Portuguese: hepático (pt)
• Romanian: hepatic (ro)
• Russian: печёночный (ru) (pečónočnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јетрин

  Roman: jetrin

• Slovak: pečeňový (sk)
• Slovene: jetrn
• Spanish: hepático (es)
• Swedish: hepatisk (sv)
• Tagalog: pang-atay
• Ukrainian: печі́нковий (pečínkovyj)

colour

• Japanese: 肝臓色の (かんぞうしょくの, kanzō shoku no)

Noun

hepatic (plural hepatics)

1. Any compound that acts on the liver.
2. A liverwort (kind of plant)
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:

     There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.

Derived terms

• hepaticology

Translations

compound

• Japanese: 肝臓にきく (かんぞうにきく, kanzō ni kiku)
• Spanish: hepática (es) f

liverwort — see liverwort

See also

• liverwort
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• “hepatic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “hepatic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “hepatic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• aphetic

Interlingua

Adjective

hepatic (not comparable)

1. hepatic (pertaining to the liver)

Related terms

• hepate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hépatique.

Adjective

hepatic m or n (feminine singular hepatică, masculine plural hepatici, feminine and neuter plural hepatice)

1. hepatic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	hepatic		hepatică		hepatici	hepatice
	definite	hepaticul		hepatica		hepaticii	hepaticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	hepatic		hepatice		hepatici	hepatice
	definite	hepaticului		hepaticei		hepaticilor	hepaticelor