Definition of Hepatise

1. to convert into a liver-like substance [v HEPATISED, HEPATISING, HEPATISES]

Medical Definition of Hepatise

1. 1. To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas. "On the right . . where two wells of hepatized water." (Barrow) 2. To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs. Origin: Gr. To be like the liver, to be liver-coloured, fr, the liver: cf. E. Hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. Hepatiser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatise

hepaticoduodenostomy
hepaticoenterostomy
hepaticogastrostomy
hepaticolithotomy
hepaticolithotripsy
hepaticological
hepaticologist
hepaticologists
hepaticology
hepaticopulmonary
hepaticostomy
hepaticotomy
hepatics
hepatin
hepatisation
hepatise (current term)
hepatised
hepatises
hepatite
hepatites
hepatitic
hepatitides
hepatitis
hepatitis A virus
hepatitis B antibodies
hepatitis B antigen
hepatitis B core antigen

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