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See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.

The wild dog-rose.

he alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (.

Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.

Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticæ; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticæ, in the Supplement.

Hepatic. [R.]

A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.

Inflammation of the liver.

Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]

To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas. On the right . . . were two wells of hepatized water. Barrow.

A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.

Hernia of the liver.

Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.

See Gastrohepatic.

Arising from the liver; due to a condition of the liver; as, hepatogenic jaundice.

The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.

Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.

Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

ng a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.

Neat; fit; comfortable. [Obs.]