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hepatites

hepatites is the plural of hepatite.

Meaning of hepatite

Noun

hepatite (countable and uncountable, plural hepatites)

  1. (dated) A variety of barite that emits a foetid odour when rubbed or heated.
    • Carbon forms the basis of several of the combustibles; as coal, bitumen, amber, &c.; and it enters into the composition of a few minerals in small proportion; in the Aberthaw limestone, the hepatite, semi-opal, and in clay-slate, not exceeding 1 or 2 per cent.;[…].1823, [1816], William Phillips, An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy, 3rd edition, page lii

Questions about hepatites

What is hepatites the plural of?
Hepatites is the plural of hepatite.

Words near hepatites in the dictionary

  1. hepatised
  2. hepatises
  3. hepatising
  4. hepatism
  5. hepatite
  6. hepatites
  7. hepatitic
  8. hepatitides
  9. hepatitis
  10. hepatitis A
  11. hepatitis A virus

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