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Any compound that acts on the liver.
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A liverwort (kind of plant)
adjective
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Of or relating to the liver.
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Acting on or occurring in the liver.
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Of a deep brownish-red color like that of liver.
Examples of hepatic in a Sentence
The right and left hepatic ducts, while still in the transverse fissure, unite into a single duct which joins the cystic duct from the gall bladder at an acute angle.
Certain free mobile cells within the body, such as blood-leucocytes, as well as others which are fixed, as for instance the endothelium of the hepatic capillaries, have the property of seizing upon some kinds of particulate matter brought within their reach.
Melanine particles formed in the spleen in malaria, which pass along with the blood through the liver, are appropriated by the endothelial cells of the hepatic capillaries, and are found embedded within their substance.
Several kinds of aloes are distinguished in commerce - Barbadoes, Socotrine, hepatic, Indian, and Cape aloes.
Agricola in 1546 under the names Wasserkies or Weisserkies and Leberkies, and it has been variously known as white pyrites, hepatic pyrites, lamellar pyrites, radiated pyrites (German Strahlkies) and prismatic pyrites.
It is also an intestinal and hepatic stimulant and a feeble diuretic and diaphoretic, and has been considered a specific in some forms of neuralgia.
These purgative sodium salts are most useful in the treatment of chronic constipation, and of the constipation associated with gout and hepatic dyspepsia.
This is bounded on the left by the inferior vena cava, which is sunk into a deep groove in the liver, and into the upper part of this the hepatic veins open.
Again starting from the right side, two impressions are seen; the anterior one is for the hepatic flexure of the colon, and the posterior for the upper part of the right kidney.
This fissure represents the hilum of the liver, and contains the right and left hepatic ducts and the right and left branches of the hepatic artery and portal vein, together with nerves and lymphatics, the whole being enclosed in some condensed subperitoneal tissue known as Glisson's capsule.
From these intralobular capillaries run toward the centre of the lobule, forming a network among the polygonal hepatic cells.
These eventually reach the hepatic radicles, and so the blood is conducted into the vena cava.
From the cephalic part of this primary diverticulum solid rods of cells called the hepatic cylinders grow out, and these branch again and again until a cellular network is formed surrounding and breaking up the umbilical and vitelline veins.
Hepatic Abscess is especially common in persons from the East who have recently undergone an attack of dysentery.
If an hepatic abscess is injudiciously left to itself it may eventually discharge into the chest, lungs or belly, or it may establish a communication with a piece of intestine.
The individual is doubled up with acute pains which, starting from the hepatic region, spread through the abdomen and radiate to the right shoulder blade.
In pain due to violent sciatica relief and even permanent cure has been obtained by the injection of morphine directly into the muscle of the affected part, and in the treatment of renal and hepatic colic morphine given subcutaneously will relieve the acute pain consequent on the passage of biliary and urinary calculi.
No food passes into the hepatic caecum, which has been definitely shown on embryological and physiological grounds to be the simplest persistent form of the vertebrate liver.
Amongst other places having a similar action are Marienbad, Franzensbad and Tarasp. The waters just mentioned contain free alkali as well as sulphates, and are employed more especially in cases of hepatic disorder, such as congestion of the liver, jaundice, gall-stone and diabetes.
Waters which have a similar composition are drunk at the springs of Leamington and Cheltenham in England, Brides Salins and St Gervais in France, for chronic constipation, dyspepsia, gout and hepatic disorders of a milder character than those usually treated at Carlsbad.
In beginning treatment, it is well to clear the hepatic and alimentary passages by a preliminary dose of calomel combined with a secretory cholagogue, such as enonymin or iridin.
The Spigelian lobe is represented by a flat surface between the postal fissure and the posterior border, not distinctly marked off from the left lateral by a fissure of the ductus venosus, as this vessel is buried deep in the hepatic substance, but the caudate lobe is distinct and tongue-shaped, its free apex reaching nearly to the border of the right lateral lobe.
The lack of impairment in neurologically asymptomatic patients suggests that the cognitive deficits are caused by direct cerebral involvement rather than hepatic encephalopathy.
Zyban is contraindicated for use in patients with severe hepatic cirrhosis.
Our results indicate that DNA ploidy is an important, prognostic factor of carcinoma of the hepatic duct confluence.
Interferons have been reported to reduce the activity of hepatic cytochrome P450 dependent enzymes in humans and animals.
Liver function In patients who develop evidence of hepatic decompensation during treatment, Pegasys should be discontinued.
The Liver and Biliary Tract The biliary tract contains the right and left hepatic ducts, which meet to form the common hepatic duct.
The frequency of hepatic encephalopathy was similar in the two groups.
Firm adhesion of lymphocytes to hepatic endothelium Do specific chemokines regulate recruitment to the liver?
Although the metastatic rate in this series was 27 %, the prognosis is considered much more favorable than that of other hepatic malignancies.
My research interest is in the pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis.
The lower margin should be visible behind the hepatic flexure, looping down medial to the upper pole of the kidney.
We refer to this alteration of echogenicity of cavernous hepatic hemangioma as a " variable echo sign " .
Zarontin should be used with caution in patients with impaired hepatic or renal function.
Patients were also screened for normal hepatic and renal functions.
Dosing in children with impaired renal and/or hepatic function has not been studied.
Like many beta-blockers oxprenolol undergoes substantial first-pass hepatic metabolism.
Steroids may cause enlargement of the liver (hepatomegaly) with increased serum hepatic enzymes.
Rarely hepatic dysfunction (sometimes known as " halothane hepatitis ") is diagnosed when other causes of hepatic impairment have been excluded.
These were characterized by hepatic hypertrophy and fatty degeneration.
The resulting low cardiac output can cause hypotension, renal insufficiency and/or acute hepatic ischemia.
Of the latter, 2 patients underwent ipsilateral nephrectomy, and 1 patient had right hepatic lobectomy plus nephrectomy.
The hepatic stellate cell has been recognized to be responsible for most of the excess extracellular matrix observed in chronic liver fibrosis.
The mechanism of hepatic dysfunction in unknown but several theories exists, including metabolic, hepatic oxygen deprivation and immunological.
However use of these agents are not recommended below one year of age due to the possibility of immature renal function and hepatic metabolism.
Genetic and molecular analyzes of recently isolated mutants aim to unravel the molecular network involved in hepatic specification and organ bud formation.
It was concluded that liver resection without hepatic pedicle clamping is safe, even in patients with a diseased liver.
The aim of this study was to compare perioperative outcome of liver resections with and without intermittent hepatic pedicle clamping.
Data are insufficient to draw conclusions regarding pharmacokinetics in moderate hepatic impairment.