How to Use hepatic in a Sentence

hepatic

adjective

• Huge weight off the hepatic artery on that last one, can’t thank you enough.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 12 Dec. 2019
• The hot water hose is the hepatic artery that supplies blood to the liver and pancreas.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 May 2022
• The ancient Greeks linked the liver to pleasure: The words hepatic and hedonic are thought to share the same root.
  — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 June 2017
• The common hepatic duct connects to the cystic duct to form the common bile duct, which then carries bile to the small intestine.
  — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023
• These branch off into larger ducts and, finally, the right and left hepatic ducts.
  — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023
• The Cambridge biotech’s new drug is called givosiran and treats a condition called acute hepatic porphyria.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• Only half of the people in one trial for givosiran showed a complete elimination of the attacks that can be a symptom of acute hepatic porphyria.
  — Kate Sheridan, STAT, 20 Nov. 2019
• The donor sample was selected for a high abundance of two types of bacteria that are depleted in hepatic encephalopathy.
  — Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2019
• So, the artery is the Achilles’ heel really of liver transplantation, hepatic artery thrombosis occurs in about two and a half percent, or that sort of region, of liver transplants. . . .
  — Will Self, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
• Apparently the powers that be didn’t think this episode was sad enough, so there’s also Jo’s story line in which her hepatic pregnancy patient Val, who has still not seen her daughter Luna, dies.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2021
• The heavy and prolonged use of alcohol — which can harm the liver, causing liver disease — may also give rise to a critical brain disorder called hepatic encephalopathy.
  — Kelly Santana Banks, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
• The medicine is intended to treat a rare genetic condition called acute hepatic porphyria that can cause attacks of severe abdominal pain.
  — Kate Sheridan, STAT, 20 Nov. 2019
• The overall pediatric cancer rate increased .5% per year, with rates of leukemia, lymphoma hepatic tumors, bone tumors, and thyroid carcinomas rising and melanoma rates falling.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• Dennis Lee Curry, 63, died from complications of hepatic cirrhosis — cirrhosis of the liver — on May 13.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2019
• The biotech has focused on treating rare genetic conditions such as acute hepatic porphyria, which can cause attacks of severe abdominal pain.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• Thirteen out of the 14 people were hospitalized with acute renal and hepatic failure and two of the patients reportedly also had severe pulmonary involvement.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2021
• The defense countered by describing Gee’s hepatic encephalopathy, a nervous system disorder brought on by severe liver disease that elicits symptoms similar to those triggered by CTE.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
• Certain metabolic adaptations in migratory birds and fish cause a natural hepatic steatosis, and proponents of foie gras use this observation to argue that the condition is not pathological in those species.
  — Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2015
• Her companion and only immediate survivor, James McCullar, said the cause was complications of hepatic cirrhosis.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
• The vast majority of people with acute hepatic porphyria do not have frequent attacks; according to the National Organization for Rare Diseases, just 3-5 percent of people fall into that category.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• In mammals, hepatic steatosis (fatty liver) is a pathological condition.
  — Elsbeth Sites, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2015
• Common side effects include abdominal pain, diarrhea, insomnia, back pain, hot flush and elevated hepatic transaminases, the agency says.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
• For example, Yuma Supplements offers a wide range of condition-specific formulas such as liver support supplements for dogs with hepatic issues or immune system boosters for those with weakened immunity.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
• Obese cats are more likely to suffer a liver disease called hepatic lipidosis; feline urinary tract disease; diabetes; lameness from arthritis; complications from anesthesia; and nonallergenic skin conditions.
  — Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
• Besides creating cognitive, coordination and personality issues, hepatic encephalopathy can also be fatal.
  — Kelly Santana Banks, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
• Huge weight off the hepatic artery on that last one, can’t thank you enough.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 12 Dec. 2019
• The hot water hose is the hepatic artery that supplies blood to the liver and pancreas.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 May 2022
• The ancient Greeks linked the liver to pleasure: The words hepatic and hedonic are thought to share the same root.
  — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 June 2017
• The common hepatic duct connects to the cystic duct to form the common bile duct, which then carries bile to the small intestine.
  — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023
• These branch off into larger ducts and, finally, the right and left hepatic ducts.
  — Doru Paul, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2023

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