hepatic

/həˈpædɪk/

Definitions of hepatic

1. adjective

   pertaining to or affecting the liver
   “hepatic ducts”

   “hepatic cirrhosis”
2. noun

   any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
   synonyms: liverwort

   types:

   hornwort

   liverworts with slender hornlike capsules

   leafy liverwort, scale moss

   moss-like liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic

   Marchantia polymorpha, hepatica

   a common liverwort

   type of:

   bryophyte, nonvascular plant

   any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta