Definitions for hepatics

hepatics he·pat·ic

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

Hepatics is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 495 anagrams from letters in hepatics (acehipst).

Definitions for hepatics

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 hepatics

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

Examples for hepatics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for hepatics
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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