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hepar

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Borrowed from Latin hepar (“liver”). Cf. liver of antimony.

noun hepars

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide.

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@misc{hepar_2026,
  title = {hepar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hepar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}