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Hepaticae :: Hepaticae (pl. ) of Hepatic.

Gastrohepatic :: Gastrohepatic (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum..

Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss..

Hepatica :: Hepatica (n.) Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; -- called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement..

Hepatic :: Hepatic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepaticae, or scale mosses and liverworts..

Subhornblendic :: Subhepatic (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular branches of the portal vein..

Incubous :: Incubous (a.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one covers the base of the leaf next above it, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Frullania. See Succubous..

Jungermannia :: "Jungermannia (n.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called Jungermanniaceae..

Hepatic :: Hepatic (a.) Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar..

Hepatica :: Hepatica (n.) A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

Intralobular :: Intralobular (a.) Within lobules; as, the intralobular branches of the hepatic veins..

Fluke :: Fluke (n.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot..

Liverwort :: Liverwort (n.) A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.

Hepatical :: Hepatical (a.) Hepatic.

Hepatogastric :: Hepatogastric (a.) See Gastrohepatic.

Muscales :: Muscales (n. pl.) An old name for mosses in the widest sense, including the true mosses and also hepaticae and sphagna..

Succubi :: Succubous (a.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila..

Hepatize :: Hepatize (v. t.) To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly called hepatic gas..

Suprahyoid :: Suprahepatic (a.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins..

Perianth :: Perianth (n.) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.

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