| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HEPATOSCOPY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HEPATOSCOPY
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] The art or practice of divination by inspecting the liver of animals.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] (rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section representing a deity, the markings in these zones were important. A form of aruspicy. (references) | ||
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