hepatic
Of the liver
Hepatic means relating to the liver: hepatic function, hepatic artery, hepatic failure.
The term appears almost exclusively in medical and anatomical contexts.
A hepatic is also a type of liverwort—a small plant once thought to resemble the liver and treat liver ailments.
Irreversible hepatic scarring
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- hepatomegalyPathological liver enlargement
- ascitesAbdominal cavity fluid accumulation
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
cholestasis · hepatoma · albumin · necrosis
Hemoglobin degradation byproduct
- cholesterolWaxy lipid in blood
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- emulsificationDispersing one liquid in another
- digestionBodily food breakdown
conjugation · excretion · gallbladder · phospholipids · biliary
Rounded projecting parts
- lobulesSmall subdivisions of lobes
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- parenchymaFunctional tissue of organs
- stromaSupportive tissue framework
Cellular nutrient conversion
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
- biotransformationMetabolic chemical conversion
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
ammonia · sulfation · acetylation · metabolites · glutathione
Primitive spore-bearing plant
- thallusUndifferentiated vegetative body
- gametophyteHaploid reproductive generation
- frondLarge, segmented plant blade
- gemmaAsexual plant clone-unit
cirrhosis
Irreversible hepatic scarring
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- hepatomegalyPathological liver enlargement
- ascitesAbdominal cavity fluid accumulation
fibrosis · cholestasis · hepatoma · albumin · necrosis
bilirubin
Hemoglobin degradation byproduct
- cholesterolWaxy lipid in blood
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- emulsificationDispersing one liquid in another
digestion · conjugation · excretion · gallbladder · phospholipids · biliary
lobes
Rounded projecting parts
- lobulesSmall subdivisions of lobes
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- parenchymaFunctional tissue of organs
metabolism
Cellular nutrient conversion
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
- biotransformationMetabolic chemical conversion
- conjugationVerb form variation system
clearance · ammonia · sulfation · acetylation · metabolites · glutathione
liverwort
Primitive spore-bearing plant
- thallusUndifferentiated vegetative body
- gametophyteHaploid reproductive generation
- frondLarge, segmented plant blade
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- anatomy termsanterior, posterior, dorsal, ventral, medial
- liverliver, bile, cirrhosis, hepatocyte, jaundice
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- organ functionfunctional, impaired, normal, healthy, failing
- hepatitis CViral liver inflammation, specific strain
- hepatitis BViral disease attacking liver
- viral hepatitisLiver inflammation from infection
- hepatitis vaccineImmunization against liver inflammation
- chronic hepatitisProlonged liver inflammation
- hepatitis testDiagnostic for liver inflammation