hepatite
See also: hépatite
English
Etymology
Latin hepatitis, an unknown precious stone, from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”); compare French hépatite.
Noun
hepatite (countable and uncountable, plural hepatites)
- (mineralogy, dated) A variety of barite that emits a foetid odour when rubbed or heated.
- 1823 [1816], William Phillips, An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy, 3rd Edition, page lii,
- Carbon forms the basis of several of the combustibles; as coal, bitumen, amber, &c.; and it enters into the composition of a few minerals in small proportion; in the Aberthaw limestone, the hepatite, semi-opal, and in clay-slate, not exceeding 1 or 2 per cent.; […] .
- 1823 [1816], William Phillips, An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy, 3rd Edition, page lii,
Translations
barite — see barite
Further reading
Baryte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hepatite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Galician
Noun
hepatite f (plural hepatites)
- (pathology) hepatitis
Portuguese
Noun
hepatite f (plural hepatites)
- (pathology) hepatitis