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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.
[Gr. the liver, and to view.] The art or practice of divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

Definition 2024


hepatoscopy

hepatoscopy

English

Alternative forms

  • hepatomancy

Noun

hepatoscopy (uncountable)

  1. (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