Hep (?), n. See Hip, the fruit of the dog-rose.
||He"par (?), n. [L. hepar, hepatis, the liver, Gr. &?;.] 1. (Old
||Chem.) 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 (&?;).
2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically,
in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum
(&?;).
Hepar antimonii (&?;) (Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown color,
obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides,
and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also
liver of antimony.
He*pat"ic (?), a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; the liver; akin to L.
jecur, Skr. yak&?;t: cf. F. hÈpatique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the
liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.