Usually means: Divination using an animal's liver.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. hepatoscopy: Merriam-Webster
  2. hepatoscopy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hepatoscopy: Wordnik
  4. hepatoscopy: Wiktionary
  5. hepatoscopy: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Hepatoscopy, hepatoscopy: Dictionary.com
  7. Hepatoscopy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Hepatoscopy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. hepatoscopy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Hepatoscopy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. hepatoscopy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. hepatoscopy: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hepatoscopy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. Hepatoscopy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hepatoscopy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. hepatoscopy: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hepatoscopy)

noun:  (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.

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