different between hepatitis vs hepatic

English

Etymology

From Latin h?pat?tis, from h?par (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ???? (hêpar, “liver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?p??ta??t?s/

Noun

hepatitis (countable and uncountable, plural hepatitises or hepatitides)

1. Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
   • 2013, Teri Shors, Understanding Viruses, 2nd edition

     Hepatitises B and C are the most important chronic viral infections of humans.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• hepatitis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hepatitis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hepatitis at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin h?pat?tis, from h?par (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ???? (hêpar, “liver”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.p??ti.tis/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.pa?ti.tis/

Noun

hepatitis f (plural hepatitis)

1. hepatitis

Spanish

Etymology

hepato- +? -itis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epa?titis/, [e.pa?t?i.t?is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Hyphenation: he?pa?ti?tis

Noun

hepatitis f (plural hepatitis)

1. (pathology) hepatitis

Further reading

• “hepatitis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Old French hepatique, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (h?patikós, “of the liver”), from ???? (hêpar, “liver”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??pæt?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /h??pæt?k/, /h??pæt?k/
• Rhymes: -æt?k
• Hyphenation: he?pat?ic

Adjective

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 liver.

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Noun

hepatic (plural hepatics)

1. Any compound that acts on the liver.
2. A liverwort (kind of plant)

Derived terms

• hepaticology

Translations

See also

• liverwort
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• hepatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hepatic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hepatic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• aphetic

Interlingua

Adjective

hepatic (not comparable)

1. hepatic (pertaining to the liver)

Related terms

• hepate

Romanian

Etymology

From French hépatique

Adjective

hepatic m or n (feminine singular hepatic?, masculine plural hepatici, feminine and neuter plural hepatice)

1. hepatic

Declension