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Webster 1913 Edition
Hepatoscopy
Hepˊa-tos′co-py
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]; fr.
ἧπαρ
, ἤπατος
, the liver + [GREEK] to view: cf. F. hépatoscopie
.] Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hepatoscopy
HEPATOS'COPY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
hepatoscopy
hepatoscopy
English
Alternative forms
- hepatomancy
Noun
hepatoscopy (uncountable)
- (rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section representing a deity, and the markings in these zones were important. A form of aruspicy.
- 1973 Collier's Encyc. x.
- Hepatomancy...animal livers
- 1973 Collier's Encyc. x.