hepatic

hepatic
hepatic (adj.) late 14c., epatike, from O.Fr. hepatique or directly from L. hepaticus “pertaining to the liver,” from Gk. hepatikos, from hepar (gen. hepatos) “liver” (see HEPATITIS (Cf. hepatitis)). As a noun, "medicine for the liver," from late 15c.

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