Vocabulary : Hep to Hepatization
Hep : See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.Hep tree : The wild dog-rose.
Hepar : Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (/). ;; Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (/).
Hepatic : Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases. ;; Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar. ;; Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts.
Hepatica : A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup. ;; Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.
