HEPATITE Hep"a*tite, n. Etym: [L. hepatitis an unknown precious stone, Gr. hépatite.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.
HEPATITIS
Hep`a*ti"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the liver.
HEPATIZATION
Hep`a*ti*za"tion, n.
1. (Chem.)
Defn: Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.]
2. Etym: [Cf. F. hépatisation.] (Med.)
Defn: Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.
HEPATIZE
Hep"a*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hepatized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hepatizing.] Etym: [Gr. hepatite, and (for sense 2) F. hépatiser.]