hepatite

See also: hépatite

English

Etymology

From Latin hepatitis, an unknown precious stone, from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”); compare French hépatite.

Noun

hepatite (countable and uncountable, plural hepatites)

1. (mineralogy, dated) A variety of barite that emits a foetid odour when rubbed or heated.
   • 1823, [1816], William Phillips, An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy, 3rd edition, page lii:

     Carbon forms the basis of several of the combustibles; as coal, bitumen, amber, &c.; and it enters into the composition of a few minerals in small proportion; in the Aberthaw limestone, the hepatite, semi-opal, and in clay-slate, not exceeding 1 or 2 per cent.; […] .

Translations

barite — see barite

Further reading

• Baryte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hepatite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Galician

Noun

hepatite f (plural hepatites)

1. (pathology) hepatitis

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.paˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.paˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.paˈt͡ʃi.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.pɐˈti.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: he‧pa‧ti‧te

Noun

hepatite f (plural hepatites)

1. (pathology) hepatitis