He-păt'ic or He-păt'ic-al, a.
a. [Gr. ἡπατικός, from ἧπαρ, the liver; Lat. hepaticus, Fr. hépatique.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to the liver: as, hepatic gall; hepatic pain; hepatic artery; hepatic flux.
Sense 2. Having the color of the liver; as, hepatic cinnabar.
Hepatic gas, sulphureted hydrogen gas, formerly so called.—Hepatic mercurial ore, or hepatic cinnabar. See CINNABAR.