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1. (adj.) hepatic
of, pertaining to, or acting on the liver.
2. hepatic
liver-colored; dark reddish brown.
3. hepatic
belonging or pertaining to the liverworts.
4. (n.) hepatic
a liverwort.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME epatik&indirdesc; L hēpaticus < Gk hēpatikós. See hepato -, -ic)
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1. (adj) liverwort, hepatic
any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
2. (adj) hepatic
pertaining to or affecting the liver
"hepatic ducts"; "hepatic cirrhosis"
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1. (adj) hepatic
of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases
2. (adj) hepatic
resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar
3. (adj) hepatic
pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts
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