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Definition of: hepar
(hē′pär) noun Med.
A liver-brown alkaline sulfide formed by fusing an alkaline carbonate, as potash, with sulfur: used as an antacid and alterative: also called liver of sulfur. [<Med. L <Gk. hēpar the liver]
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