HEPATICとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /hɪˈpætɪk/
• (米国発音) IPA: /həˈpætɪk/, /hɪˈpætɪk/
• 韻: -ætɪk
• ハイフネーション: he‧pat‧ic

形容詞

hepatic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the liver.
2. Acting on or occurring in the liver.
3. Of a deep brownish-red color like that of the liver.

   hepatic:  

   • 1800, George Newenham Wright et al., China..., page 65:

     In the coal district of Ou-ma-too, a manufacture of sulphate of iron, or green vitriol, is established. A quantity of hepatic iron pyrites, mixed with an equal amount of coal, both being broken into small similar-sized fragments, is accumulated into a pyramidal form, and coated carefully over with lime-plaster. By this process much heat is generated and extricated, and the heap remains untouched until the smoke has totally subsided. The mixture is then removed, thrown into water, and submitted to heat, when crystals of sulphate of iron are obtained by evaporation.

   • 1842, Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger, “Mineralogical Notices”, in The American journal of science and arts, page 386:

     Polyhydrite, a silicate of oxide of iron from Breitenbrun, Saxony, is of a hepatic color, vitreous lustre and opaque...

   • 1872, “Remarks on Longevity”, in The Medical and surgical reporter, page 104:

     In fact his weakness was for alcoholic stimulants. Hence his liver was carefully examined. It was not of the usual hepatic color ; in this case it presented a deep purple-black...

   • 1893, The Wilder Quarter-Century Book: A Collection of Original Papers, page 438:

     Among the most striking to the internal modifications is the gradual change of the liver from the characteristic hepatic color to a bright green.

派生語

関連する語

名詞

hepatic (plural hepatics)

1. Any compound that acts on the liver.
2. A liverwort (kind of plant)
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:

     There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.

派生語

• hepaticology

参考

• liverwort
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• “hepatic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “hepatic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “hepatic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• aphetic