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| Noun | 1. Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color, sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris (/).[Websters]
2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called also hepar sulphuris calcareum (/).[Websters]. | |
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Date "HEPAR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Hepar \He"par\, noun. [Latin expression hepar, hepatis, the liver, Greek]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HEPAR
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] A combination of sulphur with an alkali was formerly called by chimists hepar sulphuris, liver of sulphur, from its brown red color. The term has been applied to all combinations of alkali or earth with sulphur or phosphorus. The hepars are by modern chimists called sulphurets. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: HEPAR
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| Hepar antimonii | (Old Chem.), a substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also liver of antimony . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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