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hepatics

hepatics is the plural of hepatic.

Meaning of hepatic

Noun

hepatic (plural hepatics)

  1. Any compound that acts on the liver.
  2. A liverwort (kind of plant)
    • There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii

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Questions about hepatics

What is hepatics the plural of?
Hepatics is the plural of hepatic.

Words near hepatics in the dictionary

  1. hepaticology
  2. hepaticolous
  3. hepaticopancreaticoduodenectomies
  4. hepaticopancreaticoduodenectomy
  5. hepaticopulmonary
  6. hepatics
  7. hepatin
  8. hepatisation
  9. hepatisations
  10. hepatise
  11. hepatised

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