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hepatoprotective

hepatoprotective adjective: preventing damage to the liver.

Adjective

hepatoprotective (not comparable)

  1. Preventing damage to the liver.

Noun

hepatoprotective (plural hepatoprotectives)

  1. Any drug that prevents damage to the liver.

Forms of hepatoprotective

pluralhepatoprotectives

Origin of hepatoprotective

From hepato- + protective.

Questions about hepatoprotective

What does hepatoprotective mean?
Hepatoprotective means preventing damage to the liver.
What part of speech is hepatoprotective?
Hepatoprotective can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near hepatoprotective in the dictionary

  1. hepatoportoenterostomy
  2. hepatoproliferative
  3. hepatoprotectant
  4. hepatoprotection
  5. hepatoprotections
  6. hepatoprotective
  7. hepatoprotectives
  8. hepatoprotector
  9. hepatoprotectors
  10. hepatoprotein
  11. hepatoproteins

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