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Definitions: Hepatica |
HepaticaNoun1. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions. 2. A common liverwort. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hepatica" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1904. (references) |
Etymology: Hepatica \He*pat"i*ca\, noun; plural Hepatic[ae]. [New Latin expression. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: HepaticaSynonym: liverleaf (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hepatica |
| English words defined with "hepatica": arteria hepatica ♦ Fasciola hepatica, fascioliasis, fasciolosis, Fistulina hepatica ♦ genus Hepatica ♦ liverleaf ♦ Piranga flava hepatica ♦ Squirrel cup ♦ vena hepatica. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hepatica": Capillaria. (references) |
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 | Egg of Fasciola hepatica.Credit: CDC. |  | Pyranga hepatica, Swainson. This image was included in: Reports of Explorations and Surveys .... Volume X. 1859. Plate XXXI. P. 35 of U. S. Pacific Railroad Explorations and Surveys near the 35th Parallel. Call Number F593 .U58 1855 .Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Seventy-one years, or, My life with photography. Hepatica, Apr. 18, 1952.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Health | Unlike infections with other flukes, Fasciola hepatica infections may not respond to praziquantel. (references) | |
The specific diagnosis of C. hepatica infection is based on demonstrating the adult worms and/or eggs in liver tissue at biopsy or necropsy. (references) | ||
The trematodes Fasciola hepatica (the sheep liver fluke) and Fasciola gigantica, parasites of herbivores that can infect humans accidentally. (references) | ||
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| "Hepatica" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hepatica" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "hepatica": Anemone Hepatica ♦ arteria hepatica ♦ Fasciola hepatica ♦ Fistulina hepatica ♦ genus Hepatica ♦ Hepatica triloba ♦ Piranga flava hepatica ♦ vena hepatica. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "hepatica"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | osteomalacia hepatica neonatorum (osteomalacia hepatica neonatorum), efter indaanding af blystearat bemaerkes en intensiv hepatisk reaktion,der manifesterer sig ved fedtdegeneration af leveren og morfologiske forandringer af hepatocyterne-caryolyse,mitose,flerkernede celler (after inhalation of lead stearate, an intense hepatic reaction in observed, manifesting itself by adiposis hepatica and morphological changes in the hepatocytes - karyolysis ( hypochromatosis ), mitoses ( karyokineses ), multinucleate cells). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | levermos, leverbloempje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sinivuokko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ostéomalacie hépatique du nouveau-né (osteomalacia hepatica neonatorum), fasciola hepatica (fasciola hepatica), facies hépatique (facies hepatica), endophlebitis hepatica obliterans (endophlebitis hepatica obliterans), après inhalation de stéarate de plomb, on observe une intense réaction hépatique, se manifestant par une dégénérescence graisseuse et par des altérations morphologiques des hépatocytes - caryolyse, mitoses, cellules multinucléées (an intense hepatic reaction in observed, manifesting itself by adiposis hepatica and morphological changes in the hepatocytes - karyolysis ( hypochromatosis )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hepatika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μετά από εισπνοή στεατικού μολύβδου παρατηρείται μια έντονη ηπα-τική αντίδραση που εκδηλώνεται από μια λιποειδή εκφύλιση και από μορ-φολο (an intense hepatic reaction in observed, manifesting itself by adiposis hepatica and morphological changes in the hepatocytes - karyolysis ( hypochromatosis )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dopo inalazione di stearato di piombo, si osserva una reazione epatica intensa che si manifesta con una degenerazione grossa e con alterazioni morfologiche degli epatociti: cariolisi (o cromatolisi ), mitosi, cellule plurinucleate (after inhalation of lead stearate, an intense hepatic reaction in observed, manifesting itself by adiposis hepatica and morphological changes in the hepatocytes - karyolysis ( hypochromatosis ), mitoses ( karyokineses ), multinucleate cells). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 雪割り草 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ゆきわりそう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epaticahay após inalação de estearato de chumbo,observa-se uma intensa reacção hepática,que se manifesta por uma degenerescência adiposa e por alterações morfológicas dos hepatócitos-cariólise,mitoses,células multinucleadas (after inhalation of lead stearate, an intense hepatic reaction in observed, manifesting itself by adiposis hepatica and morphological changes in the hepatocytes - karyolysis ( hypochromatosis ), mitoses ( karyokineses ), multinucleate cells). (various references) krstasti kopitnjak (liverwort). (various references) osteomalacia hepática del recién nacido (osteomalacia hepatica neonatorum). (various references) blåsippa (blue anemone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "hepatica": hepaticae, hepaticas. (additional references) | |
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"Hepatica" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: haptic, Headicar, headicraa, hepathic, heptic, hpatic, nepatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "hepatica" (pronounced 'He*pat"i*ca'): Amphibiotica, Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Arnica, Arthrostraca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Dertrotheca, Endoplastica, Endotheca, Entomostraca, Epitheca, Erica, Eruca, Exotheca, Felucca, Fistuca, Formica, Glyptotheca, Gnathotheca, Gonotheca, harmonica, Hierotheca, Hippobosca, Hydrotheca, Hypotheca, Inca, japonica, Jararaca, Lactuca, Lectica, Leptostraca, lorica, majolica, malacca, Malacostraca, Manca, Mattowacca, Mesotheca, mica, Mollusca, Musca, Myrica, Narica, natica, Noctiluca, Oca, Ootheca, paca, Pataca, Pectostraca, Perca, Phoca, Phytolacca, Pica, Pinacotheca, Plica, Podotheca, Polacca, Polygastrica, Portulaca, Postfurca, Quica, Raca, replica, Rhamphotheca, Rhinotheca, Sicca, silica, Spermatheca, Spica, Styca, tapioca, theca, Theorica, Thoracica, Thoracostraca, Trica, Urtica, Utica, Venatica, VERONICA, Verruca, Vesica, Vomica, Yacca, Yunca, Zimocca. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-p-t" | |
-1 letter: aphetic, chapati, hepatic. | |
-2 letters: apache, capita, chaeta, haptic, hepcat, phatic. | |
-3 letters: aceta, aecia, aitch, apace, chape, chapt, cheap, cheat, epact, ethic, pacha, patch, peach, pieta, pitch, tache, teach, theca. | |
-4 letters: ache, acta, atap, cape, caph, cate, chap, chat, chia, chip, chit, cite, each, eath, epha, epic, etch, etic, haet, hate, heap, heat, itch, paca, pace, pact, pate, path, peat, pech, phat, pica, pice, pita, pith, tace, tach, tapa, tape, tepa, thae. | |
-5 letters: aah, ace, act, aha, ait, ape, apt, ate, cap, cat, cep, chi, eat, eta, eth, hae, hap, hat, hep, het, hic, hie, hip, hit, ice, ich, pac, pah, pat, pea, pec, peh, pet, phi, pht, pia, pic, pie, pit, tae, tap, tea, the, tic, tie, tip. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-p-t" | |
+1 letter: apathetic, apothecia, caliphate, chapaties, hepaticae, hepaticas. | |
+2 letters: alphabetic, aphaeretic, apothecial, caliphates, chapatties, pathetical. | |
+3 letters: aphetically, epithalamic. | |
+4 letters: allelopathic, alphabetical, analphabetic, antipathetic, apothecaries, apothegmatic, archetypical, bathypelagic, cataphoresis, cataphoretic, empathically, emphatically, extrahepatic, metaphorical, metaphysical, pathetically, patriarchate, patriarchies. | |
+5 letters: acetaminophen, amphitheatric, analphabetics, apathetically, associateship, autocephalies, bacteriophage, bacteriophagy, cardiopathies, cartographies, cephalization, cinematograph, metaphysician, nonalphabetic, pantheistical, parasynthetic, parenthetical, patriarchates, psychasthenia. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 70 61 74 69 63 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .--. .- - .. -.-. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110000 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e p a t i c a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0070 0061 0074 0069 0063 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4271826786756967 |
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