simple past tense and past participle of hepatize

(transitive) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas). / (transitive) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.

plural of hepatization

Alternative form of hepato- (before a vowel)

(pathology) The symptoms of liver disease.

(obsolete, chemistry) hydrogen sulfide

(mineralogy) An impure cinnabar of a liver-brown colour and submetallic lustre.

Synonym of perihepatitis

(anatomy) A duct which carries bile from the liver into the common bile duct, and which then conveys it to the duodenum.

plural of hepatic duct