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HEPATIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses

Synonyms:

hepatic; liverwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("hepatic" is a kind of...):

bryophyte; nonvascular plant (any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hepatic"):

hornwort (liverworts with slender hornlike capsules)

leafy liverwort; scale moss (moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic)

hepatica; Marchantia polymorpha (a common liverwort)

Holonyms ("hepatic" is a member of...):

class Hepaticae; class Hepaticopsida; Hepaticae; Hepaticopsida (liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to or affecting the liver

Example:

hepatic cirrhosis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

liver (large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes)

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 Context examples: 

Upon intravenous or intramuscular administration, parecoxib is hydrolyzed by hepatic carboxyesterases to its active form, valdecoxib.

(Parecoxib Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, parecoxib is hydrolyzed by hepatic carboxyesterases to its active form, valdecoxib.

(Parecoxib, NCI Thesaurus)

A yolk sac tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of extensive differentiation into hepatic tissue.

(Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor, Hepatoid Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of the medium-chain fatty acid octanoate, and labeled with the isotope carbon C13, used in the octanoate breath test (OBT) to assess hepatic mitochondrial function.

(Carbon C 13 Sodium Octanoate, NCI Thesaurus)

Acquired causes include diabetes, uremia, hepatic disorders, vitamin deficiencies, toxins, and drug toxicities.

(Autonomic Neuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

A dihydrochloride salt form of azalanstat, a synthetic imidazole that inhibits hepatic cholesterol biosynthesis by inhibiting the cytochrome P450 enzyme lanosterol 14alpha-demethylase.

(Azalanstat Dihydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign tumor of the liver composed of hepatic stellate cells.

(Benign Ito Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

An antilipidemic agent that decreases the relative rate of hepatic triacylglycerol synthesis.

(Benfluorex, NCI Thesaurus)

When used in transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) procedures, infusion leads to lodging of the microspheres in the precapillary vessels and, consequently, to the occlusion of the hepatic artery.

(Amilomer, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include inadequate hepatic glycogen stores, inadequate lipid stores, or inadequate amino acid muscle stores.

(Neonatal Hypoglycemia, NCI Thesaurus)