HEPATIC

adj. He2p-a2t'i2k. Gr., ^iraTiaios, jjiraTiVrfs, ^ITOTIKOS (from f/irap, the liver). Lat., hepatic us, he pat ice us, hepatites. Fr., hepatique. Ger., hepatisch. It., epatico. Sp., hepdtico. Pertaining to, resembling, affecting, proceeding from, or distributed to, the liver. [D.] [s. 313]