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hepatical

hepatical is the rare spelling of hepatic.

Meaning of hepatic

Adjective

hepatic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the liver.
  2. Acting on or occurring in the liver.
  3. Of a deep brownish-red color like that of the liver.
    • In the coal district of Ou-ma-too, a manufacture of sulphate of iron, or green vitriol, is established. A quantity of hepatic iron pyrites, mixed with an equal amount of coal, both being broken into small similar-sized fragments, is accumulated into a pyramidal form, and coated carefully over with...1800, George Newenham Wright et al., China..., page 65

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Questions about hepatical

What is hepatical the rare spelling of?
Hepatical is the rare spelling of hepatic.

Words near hepatical in the dictionary

  1. hepatic portal veins
  2. hepatic tanager
  3. hepatic tanagers
  4. hepatic vein
  5. hepatica
  6. hepatical
  7. hepatically
  8. hepaticas
  9. hepatico-
  10. hepaticobiliary
  11. hepaticocholecystenterostomies

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