hepatic
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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.
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hepatic ducts
hepatic cirrhosis
After absorption, it enters the hepatic portal vein and is directed toward the liver.
Another example is the injection of yttrium-90 radioactive glass or resin microspheres into the hepatic artery to radioembolize liver tumors or liver metastases.
Accumulation of meperidine and/or its active metabolite, normeperidine, can occur in patients with hepatic impairment.
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.