hepar

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hepar (“liver”). Cf. liver of antimony. === Noun === hepar (countable and uncountable, plural hepars) (obsolete, chemistry) liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium). Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “hepar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Harpe, Phrae, harpe, phare, raphe == Albanian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin hepar (“liver”). === Noun === hepar m (definite hepari) (anatomy, technical) liver Synonym: mëlçi == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhepar/ [ˈhe.par] Rhymes: -epar Syllabification: he‧par === Noun === hépar (plural hepar-hepar) (medicine, chiefly technical) liver Synonyms: hati, lever === Further reading === “hepar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Alternative forms === ēpar === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈheː.par] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.par] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Doublet of iecur. The Greek word's N-stem oblique base was lost and replaced with a T-stem; had it retained its ancestors' N-stem pattern, the oblique base would have most likely been *hēpan-, *hepan-, *hipan-, or *ipan- instead. ==== Noun ==== hēpar n (genitive hēpatis); third declension liver (large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile) Synonym: iecur ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ===== Related terms ===== hēpatārius hēpaticus hēpatītis hēpatīzon ===== Descendants ===== ===== See also ===== fīcātum === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek ἥπατος (hḗpatos). ==== Noun ==== hēpar m (genitive hēpatis); third declension a kind of fish ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === References === “hepar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hepar”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.