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   Hepatic (?), a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. , fr.  the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yakt: cf. F. hépatique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, “hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.”
   
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   2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, “hepatic cinnabar”.
   
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   3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts.
   
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   Hepatic duct (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. -- Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas. -- Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar.
   
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