hepatic : Idioms & Phrases

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hepatic artery

  • noun arteries that supply the liver
    arteria hepatica.
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hepatic coma

  • noun coma that can occur in severe cases of liver disease
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Hepatic duct

  • noun the duct that drains bile from the liver
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  • (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.
Webster 1913

Hepatic gas

  • (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas.
Webster 1913

hepatic lobe

  • noun any of the five lobes forming the liver
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Hepatic mercurial ore, ∨ Hepatic cinnabar

  • . See under Cinnabar.
Webster 1913

hepatic portal vein

  • noun a short vein that carries blood into the liver
    portal vein; vena portae; portal.
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hepatic tanager

  • noun common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico
    Piranga flava hepatica.
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hepatic vein

  • noun a vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cava
    vena hepatica.
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