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hepar
SYN: liver. [L. borrowed fr. G. h., gen. hepatos, the liver]
- h. lobatum a fissured liver, from the scars of healed syphilitic gummas.

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he·par 'hē-.pär n LIVER

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he·par (heґpahr) [Gr. hēpar liver] 1. [TA] the liver (q.v.), a large gland in the upper abdomen. 2. the liver of certain animals, used in pharmaceutical preparations.

Medical dictionary. 2011.