Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryliver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium). · Any substance resembling hepar in appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide.
Borrowed from Latin hepar (“liver”). Cf. liver of antimony.
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