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Hepatica (medicine) and hydrobarometer (medicine)


Hepatica (medicine)


hepatica


Origin: NL. See Hepatic. So called in allusion to the shape of the lobed leaves or fronds.

1. <botany> A genus of pretty spring flowers closely related to Anemone; squirrel cup.

2. <botany> Any plant, usually procumbent and mosslike, of the cryptogamous class Hepaticae; called also scale moss and liverwort. See Hepaticae, in the Supplement.

Source: Websters Dictionary


hydrobarometer (medicine)


hydrobarometer


An instrument for determining the depth of the sea water by its pressure.

Origin: Hydro-, 1 + barometer.

Source: Websters Dictionary