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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hepatic \He*pat"ic\, a. [L. hepaticus Gr ?, fr ? the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak?t: cf F. h['e]patique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as hepatic artery; hepatic diseases. 2. Resembling the liver in color or in form as hepatic cinnabar. 3. (Bot.) Pertaining to or resembling, the plants called Hepatic[ae], or scale mosses and liverworts. {Hepatic duct} (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under {Digestive}. {Hepatic gas} (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas. {Hepatic mercurial ore}, or {Hepatic cinnabar}. See under {Cinnabar}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hepatic adj : pertaining to or affecting the liver; "hepatic ducts"; "hepatic cirrhosis"
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