hepatize

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/ˈhɛpətaɪz/

verb

To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).

OriginAncient Greek [Term?] →
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Meanings

verbhepatize (third-person singular simple present hepatizes, present participle hepatizing, simple past and past participle hepatized)

present singular third person hepatizes · participle present hepatizing · participle past hepatized · past hepatized

  1. transitiveTo impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).

    On the right […] were two wells of hepatized water.

    1806, Sir John Barrow, Travels into The Interior of Southern Africa
  2. transitiveTo gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
  3. transitiveTo convert into a substance resembling liver.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek[Term?]
  2. Englishhepatize

Ancient Greek [Term?] to be like the liver, to be liver-coloured: compare English hepatite, and (for sense 2) French hépatiser.

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APA

hepatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatize

MLA

“hepatize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hepatize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatize.

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