'Hepatic duct' definitions:
Definition of 'hepatic duct'
From: WordNet
noun
The duct that drains bile from the liver
Definition of 'Hepatic duct'
From: GCIDE
- Hepatic \He*pat"ic\, a. [L. hepaticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the liver; akin to L. jecur, Skr. yak?t: cf. F. h['e]patique.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic cinnabar. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called Hepatic[ae], or scale mosses and liverworts. [1913 Webster]
- Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive.
- Hepatic gas (Old Chem.), sulphureted hydrogen gas.
- Hepatic mercurial ore, or Hepatic cinnabar. See under Cinnabar. [1913 Webster]