hepatic
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This is known as the hepatic duct.
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- adjective Of, relating to, or resembling the liver.
- adjective Acting on or occurring in the liver.
- noun A drug that acts on the liver.
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- The new data document a key mechanism for endogenous targeting of LNPs to the liver, provide alternative targeting strategies for the hepatic delivery of RNAi therapeutics, and highlight potential targeting approaches for delivery to non-hepatic tissues and cell types.
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This is known as the hepatic duct.
— A Practical Physiology -
The work is done by the arterial blood brought to it by a great branch direct from the aorta, known as the hepatic artery, minute branches of which in the form of capillaries, spread themselves around the hepatic lobules The blood, having done its work and now laden with impurities, is picked up by minute veinlets, which unite again and again till they at last form one great trunk called the hepatic vein.
— A Practical Physiology -
The work is done by the arterial blood brought to it by a great branch direct from the aorta, known as the hepatic artery, minute branches of which in the form of capillaries, spread themselves around the hepatic lobules.
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- Middle English epatic, from Old French hepatique, from Latin hēpaticus, from Greek hēpatikos, from hēpar, hēpat-, liver; see yē̆kwr̥ in Indo-European roots.
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/ (hĭ-pătˈĭk)/
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