hepatic cinnabar

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.
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   2. Resembling the liver in color or in form; as, hepatic
      cinnabar.
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   3. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the plants called
      Hepatic[ae], or scale mosses and liverworts.
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   {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}.
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Cinnabar \Cin"na*bar\, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. ?; prob. of
   Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[=a]r, Hind. shangarf.]
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   1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red
      crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is
      used in medicine.
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   2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment;
      vermilion.
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   {Cinnabar Gr[ae]corum}. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the
      Greeks.] (Med.) Same as {Dragon's blood}.

   {Green cinnabar}, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of
      cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire.

   {Hepatic cinnabar} (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a
      liver-brown color and submetallic luster.
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