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Definition of hepatic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hepatic

adjective
 
/hɪˈpætɪk/
 
/hɪˈpætɪk/
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  1. relating to the liver
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHepatic is used with these nouns:
    • failure
    • vein
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    Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek hēpatikos, from hēpar, hēpat- ‘liver’.
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