hepatic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
    liverwort.
  2. adjective pertaining to or affecting the liver
    • hepatic ducts
    • hepatic cirrhosis

WordNet

He*pat"ic adjective
Etymology
L. hepaticus, Gr. , fr. the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yakt: cf. F. hépatique.
Definitions
  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 Hepaticæ, or scale mosses and liverworts.

Webster 1913