hepatic
adjective/hɪˈpætɪk/
/hɪˈpætɪk/
(biology)- relating to the liverOxford Collocations DictionaryHepatic is used with these nouns:
- failure
- vein
Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek hēpatikos, from hēpar, hēpat- ‘liver’.Definitions on the go
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