Definitions for hepatic

hepatic he·pat·ic

Spelling: [hi-pat-ik]
IPA: /hɪˈpæt ɪk/

Hepatic is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 222 anagrams from letters in hepatic (acehipt).

Definitions for hepatic

noun

  1. a medicine acting on the liver.
  2. a liverwort.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the liver.
  2. acting on the liver, as a medicine.
  3. liver-colored; dark reddish-brown.
  4. Botany. belonging or pertaining to the liverworts.

Origin of hepatic

1350-1400; Middle English epatik ≪ Latin hēpaticus Greek hēpatikós. See hepato-, -ic

Examples for hepatic

The ramifications of the hepatic artery distributed to this cellular envelope; 3.

The pain of an attack of hepatic colic has no fixed duration.

Those of the biliary ducts, and of the hepatic veins, emerging from the cavities of these bodies.

They appear, he might argue, to have been especially subject to hepatic diseases.

It arises from an equally world-wide form of hepatic malady.

It is applicable in cardiac dropsy as well as in hepatic cases.

Jaundice is often caused by an obstruction in the hepatic ducts.

The bark of the root is used in medicine as a hepatic stimulant.

The membranous hood or covering of the capsule in hepatic and Mosses.

Such a case will then present the phenomena of hepatic abscess.

Word Value for hepatic
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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