hepatic

Speech parts

1. hepatic - Noun

2. hepatic - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.

Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

liverwort appendix heavy encephalopathy deliver liver belly abdominal hepatitis bile biliary puce ferruginous viscus diagnostician

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Hypernyms

bryophyte nonvascular plant

Hyponyms

hornwort hepatica leafy liverwort scale moss Marchantia polymorpha

Phrases with the word

common hepatic duct hepatic veins hepatic enlargement common hepatic artery hepatic edema hepatic congestion

Anagrams

aphetic

Examples

hepatic ducts Source: Internet

hepatic cirrhosis Source: Internet

After absorption, it enters the hepatic portal vein and is directed toward the liver. Source: Internet

Another example is the injection of yttrium-90 radioactive glass or resin microspheres into the hepatic artery to radioembolize liver tumors or liver metastases. Source: Internet

Accumulation of meperidine and/or its active metabolite, normeperidine, can occur in patients with hepatic impairment. Source: Internet

Crocodilians also rely on the hepatic piston method, in which the liver is pulled back by a muscle anchored to the pubic bone (part of the pelvis), which in turn pulls the bottom of the lungs backward, expanding them. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hepatectomised hepatectomized hepatectomy hepatic abnormality hepatic air hepatic artery